Grosvenor Prints

Diversi Animali fatti Stef.no Della Bella.
[Drawn & etched by Stefano Della Bella.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
22 etchings (of 24). Each c. 90 x 110mm (3½ x 4¼"), mounted together on two album sheets. Narrow margins, creasing where glued at corners.
The title page and 21 numbered etchings of animals and birds (lacking 5, recumbent lion & 14, girl and goat). Originally published c.1641 by Pierre Mariette in Paris: these are from the third state, with Mariette's name erased from the title.
See BM 1871,0513.56 for the second state of the title.
[Ref: 65557] £680.00 view all images for this item

[Siege of Arras]
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
[Published by Israel Henriot, c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 123mm (2? x 4?"). Glued to backing sheet, slight staining on right.
Attack on a besieged town, which Massar identifies as Arras which was taken by the French in 1640. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 256 ii/iii. For another etching of this siege by Della Bella, see ref. 23780.
[Ref: 23778] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cannon with two soldiers sat on its carriage]
S.D. la Bella fecit.
F.L.D. Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis
Etching, 89 x 143mm (3½ x 5?").
Cannon in foreground with ruins behind, and a town in the distance. From a set of six 'Varii capricci militari' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 259
[Ref: 23787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldiers playing at cards]
Stef. Della Bella. In.et F.
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 124mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet.
Four soldiers seemingly playing at cards while a sentinel watches them. A cannon mounted on its carriage to left, an encampment to right. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 254 ii/iii
[Ref: 23774] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldier pointing a cannon]
Stef. Della Bella. In.et F.
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet. Number '10' scratched out bottom right.
A soldier pointing a cannon under the surveillance of an officer standing to his right. In the background other soldiers carrying out exercises. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 255 ii/iii
[Ref: 23777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with two women holding a vase of flowers.]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 233 x 182mm (9? x 7?"). Glued to backing sheet at three corners.
Plate ten from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1036.ii or iii
[Ref: 24293] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with dogs]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 156 x 247mm (6? x 9?"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; water staining top left and right.
Cartouche adorned with four dogs, a stag, and a boar's head, with two more dogs left and right. Plate thirteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1039.i (before plate numbers added)
[Ref: 24294] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Decorative cartouche]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 248 x 180mm (9? x 7?"). Slight foxing around edges, glued to backing sheet at top corners.
Cartouche with two children sitting astride two eagles, and holding a plumed helmet. Palms and ribbons below. Plate five from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1031.ii or iii
[Ref: 24282] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Carriage at rest]
SD Bella.
Israel ex. [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet, top left corner missing, slight staining.
A loaded carriage at rest. The two horses eat the grass while the carriage driver sleeps on the ground next to a dog. Encampment in background with a town in the distance. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 253 ii/iii
[Ref: 23773] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cavaliers crossing a river at a ford]
SDBella f.
Israel ex [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 127mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet. '5' in manuscript bottom left after having been scratched out.
One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 250 ii/iii
[Ref: 23770] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Conversation]
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
Israel ex.
Etching, 73 x 107mm (2? x 4?"). Glued to backing sheet.
Conversation amongst men and women seated on the ground, in the countryside, with other figures left and right. From a set of thirteen etchings of an 'Agréable diversité de figures' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) and published in Paris by Israel Henriet in 1642.
de Vesme/Massar: 123- intermediate state between De Vesme's ii and iii/v.
[Ref: 23782] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Two soldiers talking]
SDBella.
Israel ex. [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet, bottom right corner missing.
Two soldiers standing to left, on the right a dead horse which two wolves are starting to eat. A corps of lancers in the background. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 252 ii/iii
[Ref: 23772] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a young woman, hair tied back, looking left.] 11.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6), with C17th watermark. One very small wormhole bottom right. Slight crease top left. Small margins.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 374, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58183] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a boy with curly hair, bare shouldered, looking right.] 12.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6), with C17th watermark. Mark middle right. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 375, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58184] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a boy with straight hair, with high collar, looking right.] 13.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6), with C17th watermark. One very small wormhole, bottom right, in unprinted area, crease. Small margins.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 376, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58185] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a bearded old man, looking right.] 19.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾), with C17th watermark. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right. Very slight marking near head on left.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 382, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a bearded old man, with laurel wreath and fur collar, looking left.] 20.
S. D Bella invent et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾), with C17th watermark. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 383, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58182] £350.00

Veue des Costes d'Italie.
S.D. Bella inventit et fecit
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [1647]
Etching, 88 x 137mm (3½ x 5?"). Glued to backing sheet, '12' in manuscript bottom right corner, lower margin trimmed.
The Italian Coast: four men play cards in the centre while another two watch them, prow of a boat on left, and a tower on the right. From a series of eight etchings of sea ports by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 801
[Ref: 24014] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Varij Capricij Militarij di Stef. Della Bella
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
[Published by Basan]
Etching, 90 x 144mm (3½ x 5?").
An army on the move, with a dead horse in the foreground. First of a set of six etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 258 iii or iv/iv
[Ref: 23784] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Paisages Maritimes. Faicts par S.D. Bella et Mis en lumiere par Israel.
S.D. Bella in. et fc.
Israel ex. cum privil Regis. [n.d., c.1644]
Seven etched sheets. Title 76 x 141mm (3 x 5½"), remaining plates all approx. 74 x 126mm (2? x 5"). Glued in corners to backing sheets. Some plates numbered in pen and ink lower right.
Complete set of six marine landscapes and title page by Stefano Della Bella (1610-54) and published by Israel Henriet, who also published Jacques Callot's prints.
de Vesme/Massar: 787-793 i/ii.
[Ref: 23733] £650.00 view all images for this item

Desseins de Quelques Conduites de troupes, Canons, et ataques de villes; faictes Par de la Belle. Dediées a Mon Seigneur Henry Du Plesseys Conte De La Roche-Guyon. Par son tres humble Serviteur Israel. Avec Privilege u Roy.
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella].
[Published by Israel Henriet, c.1644/]
Etching, 60 x 127mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet.
Frontispiece to a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64), with the title written on a drape, beneath which can be seen the coat of arms of the dedicatee.
de Vesme/Massar: 264
[Ref: 23764] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldier leaning aghainst cannon]
S.D. la Bella fecit.
F.L.D. Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis
Etching, 92 x 142mm (3½ x 5½").
Soldier with pike leaning against wheel of a cannon inforeground. Behind him more soldiers and another cannon, and a windmill centre right. From a set of six 'Varii capricci militari' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 262
[Ref: 23789] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Four Elements.] Terra. [&] Aer. [&] Ingis. [&] Aqua. 1 [-4]
Stef. de la Bella invent fecit.
ex. Cum Privil. Regis Christ.
Set of four etchinga. each 85 x 195mm (3¼ x 7¾"), large margins. Laid on album paper, one sheet.
The set of Four Elements: Earth & Air are landscapes; Fire and Water are seascapes, Fire with a ships on fire, Water with a storm. Etched by Stefano della Bella (1610-54), one of the greatest of Italian printmakers, whose diverse output, characterised by the compression of great precision and detail into small composions, has been the focus of a number of exhibitions and scholarly publications in recent years. It was also influential on later seventeenth century printmakers such as François Collignon and Israel Silvestre.
De Vesme 753-6., states ii of iii. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57495] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)

[Florence.]
SBella cum priv.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at corners.
A woman on horseback descending a hill past a tree towards Florence.
[Ref: 66777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ordinanza nella quale si fermarono il Ser.mo Princ.pe le squadre de caval.ri, ed i carri delle Deità Interno almonte d'Atlante nella Festra a Cavallo Rappre.ta. Per le Reali Noze dell A.S.S. Nel Teatro Cong.to al Pala.zo del S.G.D.
S.D. Bella 1661.
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 280 x 435mm (11 x 17"). Trimmed close to image.
An elaborate tournament held in the amphitheatre of the Giardino di Boboli, behind the Medici's Pitti Palace. Top left is the Forte di Belvedere.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62142] £490.00

[Funeral of Fancesco de' Medici.]
Al. Parigi In. Stef. della bella Fe,
[n.d., 1637.]
Etcching. Sheet 395 x 210mm (15½ x 8¼"). Trimmed to image.
A view of the interior of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence during the funeral of Francesco de' Medici in 1634, with the Medici arms above and funerary decoration along the nave, including a skeleton on each pillar. Etched by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64) after Alfonso Parigi (1606-56).
BM 1874,0808.1398.
[Ref: 65560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The infant John the Baptist.]
Stef de la Bella fecit.
Cum privilegio Regis. Mariette excudit [n.d., c.1641].
Etching. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"), with C17th watermark. Small margins.
The infant John the Baptist, holding a crossed staff with banner, a lamb by his side.
De Vesme 24, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 58186] £460.00

[The Aveunue of Fountains, Pratolino]
S. D. Bella [n.d., c.1650-56]
Etching, platemark 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾")
One from the set of six views that Stefano della Bella (1610-64) produced of the villa at Pratolino, near Florence. Built for Francesco I de'Medici in the sixteenth century, the villa was praised by Montaigne, amongst others. This view shows the spectacular path from the garden to the villa, along which the visitor walks beneath a succession of fountain jets. After being left unattended for much of the eighteenth century, the villa was demolished in 1820 and the garden was redesigned. It is now part of the Villa Demidoff, as it was named by a Russian industrialist who owned the site in the nineteenth century.
De Vesme 839 ii/iii
[Ref: 31936] £320.00

[Decoration for a Thesis in Honour of Saint Francis Solano.]
[Drawn & etched by Stefano Della Bella.]
[n.d., c.1639.]
Extremely rare etching. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
A plate originally published in 1639 as an advertisement for a debate defending a thesis celebrating the Spanish Franciscan friar, Saint Francis Solano (1549-1610), for his works with the indigenous communities in the Peruvian Viceroyalty of Spain. It depicts Solano in Franciscan garb, his arms encircling a rising sun, Lima in the left background and Potosi, the mountain off silver, in the right. The plate is often accompanied by a second plate ;isting the sixteen theses to be disputed flank an image of the seminal Franciscan theologian Duns Scotus (1266-1308).
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1987.1173.7a–b.
[Ref: 65558] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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