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62 - Stefano Della Bella, Two plates from *La gara delle stagioni* (*Carrousel représenté à Modene*). 1652. Etching. 223x310 mm and 181x310 mm. De Vesme/Massar, 55 and 56. Two of fourteen plates depicting, according to Mariette, *La gara delle Stagioni* (The Contest of the Seasons), a horseback tournament staged in Modena during the visit of Their Most Serene Highnesses Archduke Ferdinand Charles, Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria, and Archduchess Anna of Tuscany (in Modena on April 10, 1652). Beautiful prints on thin laid paper with a watermark of “a pilgrim with a staff having a curved handle within a single circle or oval” and a countermark of “six pyramid-shaped mounts” (Woodward, 8, second half of the 16th century, for DVM, 55) and “sun with rays in a single circle” and countermark “six pyramid-shaped mounts” (for DVM, 56). (2) Both sheets are trimmed within the copperplate impression and mounted at the top in a modern cardboard mount. Very slight trace of a vertical crease in the center and a shaded area in graphite pencil on the verso for DVM, 56; again, a minimal trace of a vertical crease in the center, a small loss at the upper corner on the right side, and a repair at the lower corner for DVM, 55.
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Stefano Della Bella, Two plates from *La gara delle stagioni* (*Carrousel représenté à Modene*). 1652. Etching. 223x310 mm and 181x310 mm. De Vesme/Massar, 55 and 56. Two of fourteen plates depicting, according to Mariette, *La gara delle Stagioni* (The Contest of the Seasons), a horseback tournament staged in Modena during the visit of Their Most Serene Highnesses Archduke Ferdinand Charles, Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria, and Archduchess Anna of Tuscany (in Modena on April 10, 1652). Beautiful prints on thin laid paper with a watermark of “a pilgrim with a staff having a curved handle within a single circle or oval” and a countermark of “six pyramid-shaped mounts” (Woodward, 8, second half of the 16th century, for DVM, 55) and “sun with rays in a single circle” and countermark “six pyramid-shaped mounts” (for DVM, 56). (2) Both sheets are trimmed within the copperplate impression and mounted at the top in a modern cardboard mount. Very slight trace of a vertical crease in the center and a shaded area in graphite pencil on the verso for DVM, 56; again, a minimal trace of a vertical crease in the center, a small loss at the upper corner on the right side, and a repair at the lower corner for DVM, 55.
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