Stefano Della Bella

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Stefano Della Bella
1610-1664
Studies for Theatrical Costumes, and Four Heads
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over graphite, on paper.
9 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (230 x 198 mm)
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1979.10
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Watermark: none visible through lining.

Provenance: 
Dukes of Savoy, Aosta, Turin (no mark; see Lugt S. 47a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Savôia-Aôsta, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Alfred Moir, ed. Drawings by Seventeenth Century Italian Masters from the Collection of János Scholz. Santa Barbara : Art Galleries, University of California, 1974, no. 8, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 176.

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