Stefano della BELLA – The vase of the Medici, 1656

Stefano della BELLA
1610 Florence + 1664 Florence
Etching

De Vesme-Massar nr 832 (II/II). Very good impression trimmed at the borderline, of 2nd state (of 2), the corrected date. Small tears at lower about the left. First plate to a set of six “Great views of Rome” (whe only know one impression of the first state). Cosme III de Medici, student of della Bella, draw antique marble vase, in the gardens of the villa Medici.