Design for a Cartouche (recto); Designs for Frames (verso)

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Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Date: 1610–64
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, over black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 7 5/16in. (25.2 x 18.6cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Phyllis Dearborn Massar and Robert J. Massar Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.123

Female Dancer in a Costume for a Theatre Performance
Stefano della Bella
c. 1658 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002922
A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore
Stefano della Bella
1634/37 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003529
Man on Horseback, Raising Right Arm
Stefano della Bella
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004329
Female Portrait Head
Stefano della Bella
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004493

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.