Lot 41: STEFANO DELLA BELLA (FLORENCE 1610-1664) A costume study for a dancer in th

STEFANO DELLA BELLA (FLORENCE 1610-1664) A costume study for a dancer in the Ballet 'Il Pazzo per Forza' with attribution 'Stef. della Bella.' (on the late 18th Century mount) pen and brown ink, grey wash, countermark six mountains (cf. Gravell Watermark Archive, Eagle.287.1, datable, circa 1655) 9 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (24.5 x 14.4 cm.)

PROVENANCE: Unidentifed written collector's mark (verso of the old mount). M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ forentine School/ Nat. 1610- Ob. 1664' (on the mount).