A bust of a young man wearing a cap with feathers, turned three-quarters to the left, the coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in top left, title page from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne)
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. (10.7 x 8 cm) Plate: 3 15/16 x 2 15/16 in. (10 x 7.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.800.2
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet · 1610–1664
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was one of the most prolific and versatile printmakers of the Italian Baroque period, leaving behind 1,052 prints and several thousand drawings that captured the vivid essence of 17th-century European life. Born in Florence on May 18, 1610, to a family of artists, he trained initially as a goldsmith before studying painting under Cesare Dandini and etching under Rem...