Studies of Two Female Heads / Stefano della Bella
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.491
- Title
- Studies of Two Female Heads
- Artist
- Stefano della Bella
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1664
- Medium and Support
- brown ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1630-1664
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 36.83 cm x 29.21 cm (14 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Physical Description
- Ink sketches depict a large female profile in the upper left corner facing right, a female head in the lower center, a smaller female head in the right center facing upwards, and a smaller female profile in the left center facing downwards. There is empty space in upper right quadrant.
- This sheet, cut from a larger sheet, features a study of a woman’s face in profile in the upper left. Her hair is bound. A nearly frontal view of another woman’s face is at the center bottom of the sheet. She looks down to her left and wears a jeweled headpiece or crown. Three other smaller and more lightly sketched heads also appear on the sheet, two along the left edge and one on the right.
- Subject Matter
- The heads are all lightly drawn with a finesse characteristic of della Bella, one of the most talented and prolific draftsmen and printmakers of the seventeenth century.
- Secondary Keywords
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2344 x 2736
- File Size
- 874 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.491
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.491/2009_1_491.jpg
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"Studies of Two Female Heads; Stefano della Bella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.491/2009_1_491.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
