About the Artwork
Head of an Old Man
ca. 1641
Stefano della Bella
1610-1664
Italian
----------
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)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S127.3
Public Domain
Markings
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
Watermark, obscured by center of image: shield Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) 1887 [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
(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)
For more information on provenance, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Please note: This section is empty
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
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.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
