Description: STEFANO DELLA BELLA (Florence 1610-1664 Florence) A Sheet of Studies with Figures in Boats and Carrying Sacks. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, double-sided. 185x234 mm; 7x9¼ inches. Inscribed "Stefano della Bella" in ink, lower center recto. With studies for decorative vases in red chalk, verso.Ex-collection Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburi (Lugt 2992b, verso).There are similar early drawings by della Bella in the Louvre, Paris, published inDessins de Stefano della Bella, 1610-1664, Paris, 1974, numbers 209 and 212.