A man playing the violin in center, turned towards the left in profile, a seated woman to left playing with her dancing child, another woman standing and pointing behind a tree to left, seated women in a landscape to right in the background, from "Various figures and lands" (Diverse figure e paesi)

A man playing the violin in center, turned towards the left in profile, a seated woman to left playing with her dancing child, another woman standing and pointing behind a tree to left, seated women in a landscape to right in the background, from "Various figures and lands" (Diverse figure e paesi) by Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/2 in. (10 × 16.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985

Accession Number

1986.1180.635

Tags

ChildrenMenWomenViolinsMusicians

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet · 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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