Antique Master Print-BIBLE-FLIGHT EGYPT-JESUS-MARIA-JOSEPH-della Bella-1641

This print shows a view on the rest on the flight to Egypt.The family is sitting under a tree.

Made by Stefano della Bella after own design.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 13.5 x 8.5 cm (5.31 x 3.35 inch). Image size: 13.2 x 8 cm. (5.2 x 3.15 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brownish. Small margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-RELIGION-FLIGHT EGYPT-JESUS-MARIA-JOSEPH | RBOS-A10-32

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596?1657), in 1641.

State: 4th and final state.

Reference: De Vesme 16, MET 17.50.17-248.

Biography engraver: Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes. He left 1052 prints, and several thousand drawings, but only one known painting. .