Stag hunt, 1654

Blatt: 155 x 247 mm

Physical Description: Pen in brown over graphite, washed in grey, framed on all sides with a hand-drawn line in brown (trimmed at right and bottom edges)

Inventory Number: 519

Object Number: 519 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Texts

About the Work

The vibrating lines convey the rapidity of the hounding event. The horseman charges forward, leaning intently towards his target: He will deal the death blow to the doe already lying on the ground. In this scene Stefano della Bella once again demonstrated his mastery of movement and speed. The depiction exhibits parallels to an etching by the artist, but did not serve as a direct basis for it.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Stag hunt

Draughtsman

Stefano della Bella

Verso: Skizze einer Uhr (?) und Architekturformen

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen in brown over graphite, washed in grey, framed on all sides with a hand-drawn line in brown (trimmed at right and bottom edges)

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Florentine

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): Della bella; verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)