Stefano DELLA BELLA (1610 - 1664) The Five Dead:... Lot 6

Stefano DELLA BELLA (1610 - 1664) The Five Dead: Suite of five oval plates. - Death on horseback - Death carrying a child upside down - Death carrying a child on his back - Death moving to the left and carrying a woman upside down - Death dragging an old man into a tomb... Etching, burin. Very fine proofs (in the 18th edition), with some thinning, lacks and small accidents restored, light stains, fold in a corner to de V.89, the upper corners missing to de V.90 which has a long tear in the left edge and the subject, small margins. (de Vesme 87 to 91, II/III). Approx. 19 x 15cm. Provenance: - Collection of Marquis Alphonse d'Aoust (1819-1909) ; - By descent to the present owner.