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Cavalry pageant (?) squadrons of cavalry attacking each other, four squadrons of ten horsemen

Maker

(artist)
1610-1664

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1635

Title

Cavalry pageant (?) squadrons of cavalry attacking each other, four squadrons of ten horsemen

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 9.7 cm
Width: 10.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2398.1

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

William Bateson, London (1861-1926); his estate sale at Sotheby’s (London), 23 - 24 April 1929, lot 317; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, 'Stefano della Bella, Jean Valdor and Cardinal Richelieu' in 'Master Drawings', Summer 1978 - 156-62, 217-22; 16, 2
p. 161
pl. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: left centre edge: fragment of edge of a circle.

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: “10”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “calot”. Support (cut down, now in file): graphite: “Stefano. closely related to J185 / (pageant at Modena, 1655) / Windsor series incomplete. These may / be studies for missing etchings. / or they could be connected with J 200 / - pageant at Florence for wedding of / Grand Duke of Florence.” Mount: upper centre, graphite: "Equestrian Fete at the marriage of the Grand Duke of Tuscany / - 1637"; centre, graphite: "S. della Bella"

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