Head of an Old Man, ca. 1641

  • Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 4 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (12.1 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 inches (18.1 × 22.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S127.3

Watermark, obscured by center of image: shield Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) 1887 [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in plate, lower left edge: S. D Bella in et fecit Inscribed, center lower edge: Auec priuilege du Roy Inscribed, lower right corner: 17

(dealer, Brussels, Belgium)

September 1887, James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mrs. James Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Stefano della Bella, Head of an Old Man, ca. 1641, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S127.3.