A large inhabited tree in center with ramps leading around the trunk, below a stone parapet on which people are resting or sitting, tall trees surrounding, from 'Views of the villa at Pratolino' (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1653
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in. (25.6 x 37.3 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
2012.136.537.2
Tags
TreesHuman Figures
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella · 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...