Stefano DELLA BELLA (Florence 1610 - 1664) "Plan of the siege of Piombino in 1650" (De Vesme 882) Original etching signed in plate "SDBella.f." At the top left in the scroll next to the name of Mehus and dated 1650. Beautiful copy in the third state of three, with the signature of Della Bella, printed on thin laid paper bearing the watermark "Bunch of grapes in double oval with the wording Colombier", similar to Heawood 2430, attributable to French paper production of the 17th century, glued on the left side and on the lower right corner to an ancient support sheet, complete with the imprint of the slab and with small margins, slightly burnished and with some very small spots and foxing points as well as the trace of a fold central vertical, visible mainly on the back, five tiny woodworm holes along the fold and one at the lower right corner on the hatch of the legend, overall in excellent general condition nservazione. As for the participation of Livio Meus (Oudenarde 1630 - Florence 1691) in the realization, see what Jombert argued and taken up by DeVesme. Bibliography: Benezit "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs" Paris 1976 vol.7 pag.306 (Mehus) Devesme – Massar "Stefano Della Bella Catalog Raisonné" New York 1971 n ° 882. Heawood "Monumenta chartae papyraceae" Hilversum 1986 No. 2430. Jombert "Essai d'un catalog de l'oeuvre d'Etienne de La Belle .." Paris 1772 page 37 and following. Salamon "Stefano Della Bella" Turin 2000 No. 177. Measurements in mm: 331ca x 445ca