A deer hunt, two horsemen galloping towards the left behind three dogs and a deer, a group of trees to right, plate 4 from "Various Figures" (Agréable diversité de figures)
Medium
Etching; fourth state of five (De Vesme)
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (7 × 10.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-284
Tags
AnimalsHuntingTreesHorses
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...