Paris and the return to Florence Stefano della Bella














french anti-italian feeling during fronde, , death of mazarin forced della bella s return florence, obtained pension grand duke, son, cosimo iii de medici, instructed in drawing. continued send plates paris publishers. known have illustrated discoveries galileo, , depicted hansken famous elephant, when dead. in final years produced number of prints experimenting tonal effects, though these little known @ time; had long made use of wash in drawings, , attempting considerable success achieve similar effects in etching, though few impressions taken plate. in 1661 appears have suffered stroke, after produced little work.


antonio francesco lucini 1 of pupils in florence.








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