DrawingsItalian17th century

Design for a Carriage for a Prince of the Medici Family

17th century

Artists

Stefano Della BellaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40.7 × 26.4 cm (16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, London, April 7, 1981, lot 50] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994

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