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Shipyard with Two Sailors
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Stag Hunt in Fan Shape
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

The Medici Vase, plate one from The Six Large Views of Rome and the Campagna
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

South Facade of the Villa and the Great Meadow, from Views of the Villa Pratolino
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Sketches of Child Praying, Two Male Profiles (recto); Sketches of Male Heads (verso)
Attributed to Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Sketches of Standing Woman, Seated Man, Goat, and Man Carrying Box on Back
After Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Seated Gypsy Mother and Child, with Dog
Attributed to Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664) or after Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)

The Opening Assembly of the Equestrian Ballet
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Polish Horseman
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Female Dancer in a Costume for a Theatre Performance
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Study for Satyr Family Walking (recto); Sketches of Five Decorative Vessels (verso)
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Man on Horseback, Raising Right Arm
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Changement d'une galère de l'ordre de Saint Étienne
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Two Studies: Female Head in Three-Quarter Profile; Female Bust Seen from the Back
After Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Black Horseman
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664

Soldier on Galloping Horse
After Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610–64

Francesco de Medici, Prince of Tuscany
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664