A hunting trophy, two wild boar heads above, two deer heads below, a from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)

Stefano della Bella

ca. 1650–56

A hunting trophy, two wild boar heads above, two deer heads below, a from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche) by Stefano della Bella

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 9/16 × 2 11/16 in. (16.7 × 6.8 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.98.2

Tags

BoarsDeerTrophies

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella · 16101664

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...

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