Paris Sketchbook
Draughtsman: Della Bella, Stefano
Covers bound in sheep skin or reversed calf with a blind tooled rectilinear design, back and front, sewn on 3 raised bands: the back numbered '3'. Contains 72 leaves, numbered in brown ink in the upper right corners 1 through 72. Eleven sheets are blank, recto and verso. The following pages have been extracted: one following f.11; three following f.20; one following f.21.
History note: Benjamin Fillon (1819-1881); undated, unprovenanced sale in France, lot 31; Hippolyte Destailleur (1882-1893); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919)
Method of acquisition: Given (1917-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax
Production date: AD 1640
Leaf Size
Height 102 mm
Width 215 mm
Cover Size
Height 110 mm
Width 228 mm
Inscription present: in Della Bella's hand
Inscription present: in Destailleur's hand
Inscription present: inscription appearing to be a recipe for painting, but the handwriting is too minute and very to decipher
Inscription present: in Della Bella's hand
Inscription present: the final line in graphite
Inscription present: stuck to left hand edge of flyleaf, recto
Accession number: 904*2
Primary reference Number: 36173
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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