A Nymph Holding a Large Dog by its Collar
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1654
Medium
Etching, late state unrecorded by De Vesme
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to plate): 7 3/8 × 5 3/4 in. (18.8 × 14.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1180.636
Tags
NymphsDogsTrees
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...