The Florentine Stefano della Bella was an important draughtsman and etcher of the 17th century. His works have influenced many European artists. As a child he learned to draw and the art of engraving from a goldsmith in Florence. In the following years he copied works by Jacques Callot, among others. The artist came from Nancy in Lorraine. Callot was known for his drawings and etchings which he made for the court of the Medici family. Remigio Cantagallina, Jacques Callot's teacher, taught Stefano della Bella and supported his education. della Bella's work was strongly influenced by Callots masterly figurative representations. Stefano della Bella expanded his artistic skills in various studios in Florence. Besides drawing, he also devoted himself to painting. Callots teacher put him in contact with Cesare Dandini, who gave Stefano della Bella additional training in the art of painting. In 1632 della Bella created the figure of Copernicus for the edition Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi by Galileo Galilei. Today's art historians suspect that the artist did not create an individual portrait, but an archetype. He drew Copernicus in the posture of a scholar typical of the time.
Stefano della Bella was given the opportunity to work in Rome by the de Medici family, where he also distinguished himself through his exceptional skills. He deepened his knowledge of painting and made numerous etchings. Masterly views of Rome, Tivoli and the Roman Campagna were created. Della Bella captured Roman ruins and interesting street scenes in his drawings. He also created sea views and his first topographical works. Finally, the artist took the special opportunity to join a legation travelling to the French court. The legation sent official congratulations on the birth of the future Sun King Louis XIV. Della Bella was commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu to paint a representation of the besieged city of Arras. This was the prelude to further architectural views of the artist. della Bella also made drawings and etchings for the theatre. For example, he designed the title page for the opera La Finta Pazza and drew ballets of animals that appeared between the scenes.
Della Bella created more than a thousand drawings and etchings during his life. His motifs were war battles, military depictions and hunting scenes. He also produced maps, sea charts and realistic depictions of animals. His drawing of an elephant dying in Florence is still known today. della Bella's work also includes entertaining capriccios. The playful drawings were first introduced to the art of etching by Jacques Callot. The highlight of della Bella's creative power was his honorary admission to the Accademia degli Apasti, an important literary circle in Florence. Stefano della Bella spent the last years of his life in Florence, where he gave drawing lessons to the son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The artist died in 1664 in his home town.
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.jpg "Coat of Arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany: Ornament with a Lion Mask, No. 6 from \"Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti\" by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Donkeys, from Various Animals, ca. 1641 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Shepherd Sleeping on the Ground to Right, Three Horses to Left by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Fan with a Rebus on Love on One Side, Fortune on the Other by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Shepherd Driving a Group of Animals Downhill, ca. 1643-48 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Armenia by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Polish Man with a Mustache Wearing a Fur Coat and a Hat with a Feather, ca. 1648 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Landscape with the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Naval Battle, a Rowboat Full of Men to Left, a Sinking Ship to Right, Two Galleys Battling, ca. 1641 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Views of the Villa of Pratolino: Two Views of the Grotto by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 7: Five feet, from The Book for Learning to Draw by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Temple of Vespasian and the Roman Forum by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Mercury, from")
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.jpg "Fourth Scene, The Sea, from The Marriage of the Gods by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Mercury, from Game of Mythology Jeu de la Mythologie by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Horseman with Sword in Hand Galloping Towards the Right, Other Horsemen Galloping by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 4, from \"Desseins de Queleques Conduites de Troupes, Canons, et Ataques de Villes\" by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Four Turks, Half Length by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Various Figures and Landscapes: Peasant Woman Carrying a Basket on her Head by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Portrait of Bernardino Ricci by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Seated Ecclesiastic by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Frontispiece of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei, 1632 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 7: Bust of a Bearded Soldier Wearing Armor, Facing Left in Profile, from Various Heads by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Peasant Woman Seated on a Horse, Facing Right, Surrounded by a Herd by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Landscape with Two Women, One Mounted on a Donkey, ca. 1660 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Three Men Wearing Hats Standing in Center, Men Fixing a Ship to Right, Five Ships and Various Figures by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Head of a Woman in Three Quarter View, from Various Heads and Figures by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Thirty-Six Jugglers Standing in Pyramids by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Twenty-Four Cavaliers in Double S Formation by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Turkish Man with a Beard and Turban with One Long Feather in Front, 1650 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Fantastic Vases by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Daedalus and Icarus, from Game of Mythology by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Landscape with Waterfall by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Gypsies at Rest by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 8, from")
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.jpg "Herdsman on Horseback Drives Animals, from Six Animal Subjects by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Peasant Woman with a Cow at a Fountain Decorated with the Medici Arms by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Seated Beggar by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Hounds Chasing a Stag and a Doe by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Seated Beggar Woman with Two Children by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Head of an old bearded soldier wearing a helmet facing right, from Various heads by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 12: A Shepherd Sleeping on the Ground, ca. 1643-48 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate Nine from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Two Women Crossing a Stream by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 2: Head of a Young Man, Frontal View, Four Eyes by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Four Turks and a Black Man by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Marine by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Beggar Woman with a Baby and a Little Girl by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Large Inhabited Tree in Center with Ramps Leading Around the Trunk by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Campo Vaccino by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Boreas and Oreithyia, from Game of Mythology by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Departure of Jacob to Egypt by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A seated white sailor and a standing black sailor, people building a ship in the background, ca. 1660 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Various Figures and Landscapes: Title Page - Three Figures by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Sultaness in a Veiled Turban, Seen from Behind by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Two Pilgrims Resting and a Peasant by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Frontispiece: a monument decorated with the Medici coat of arms at top in center, flames by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Virgin Embracing the Christ Child by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A mortar and a cannon, both mounted on carriages, a soldier shown from the back, ca. 1638-43 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Peasant Seated on a Horse with Cows, Sheep, and Goats by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Female Satyr Nursing a Child in a Wooded Landscape by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 22: cart horse, from Various animals Diversi animali by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Polish Attendant with Two Horses by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 10: a horse lying down in center, a cow and two goats to right, two seated shepherds by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Fantastic Vases by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Caprices: Three Standing Soldiers by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Two Horse Heads Framing a Shield by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Ruins of a Temple in a Roman Landscape by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Small Deer Chased by a Cavalier by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Three Camel Heads by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "View and Perspective of the Inside of the Palais d")
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.jpg "Landscape with Roman Ruins, 1646 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Valet Taking Two Horses to Bathe, Sitting Atop One Horse in a River, the Other Beside by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Boreas and Orithyia (from Game of Mythology) by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Collection of Various Caprices and New Designs of Cartouches and Ornaments: No 14 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Fantastic Vases by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Colossal Statue of the Appenino by Giambologna to Left, Represented as a Giant Crouching by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Pyramid of Caius Cestius to Right in the Background, a Horse Grazing by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Atalanta and Hippomenes, from Game of Mythology by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 2: Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Satyr Family Walking by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Collection of Various Caprices and New Designs of Cartouches and Ornaments: No 18 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Flight into Egypt by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Columns of the Temple of Antoninus to Right, a Part of the Campo Vaccino in Center by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Collection of Various Caprices and New Designs of Cartouches and Ornaments: No. 4 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Fisherman Carrying a Net by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Various Figures and Landscapes by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "A Fisherman Bringing in His Nets, a Man at Left Pushing a Bale to the Right, Two Seated by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Frightened Soldier and a Man in a Fur Hat, ca. 1652 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Il mondo festeggiante, Balletto a Cavallo on the Occasion of the Wedding of Cosimo de Medici by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 6: A Peasant on Horseback in Profile Facing the Right, Holding a Basket, ca. 1644-47 by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Plate 8: A Horseman Descends a Riverbank, Another Horseman in River to Right by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "The Rock of Aeolus by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Latona, from Game of Mythology by Stefano della Bella")
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.jpg "Collection of Various Caprices and New Designs of Cartouches and Ornaments: No. 4 by Stefano della Bella")
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