Scope and Content of Collection
From Della Bella's extensive oeuvre, this collection consists of merely four suites of etchings, all primarily decorative
and all etched by Della Bella himself.
Agreable diversité de figures depicts genre scenes of people and animals in France, mostly in rural settings (11 prints). The two suites of ornament prints
depict fantastic vases (
Raccolta di vasi diversi, 6 prints) and panels of grotesques (
Ornamenti o grotesche, 12 prints). The final set depicts the Medici Villa Pratolino and its gardens near Florence, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti
and constructed 1569-86 (6 prints).
These prints were part of the art books collection of Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Arrangement note
The prints are arranged in their 4 respective suites.
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