A Pikeman standing at right next to a canon, other military figures in the background, plate 5 from "Various Military Caprices" (Varii capricci militari)
Medium
Etching; second state of three
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to plate): 3 3/8 × 5 9/16 in. (8.6 × 14.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-276
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils · 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...