A riding school, a horseman with sword jumping directed by another man with a sword in center, a man standing next to his horse to right, various horsemen, the school, and two dogs in the background, from 'Varie figure'

A riding school, a horseman with sword jumping directed by another man with a sword in center, a man standing next to his horse to right, various horsemen, the school, and two dogs in the background, from 'Varie figure' by Stefano della Bella|H. R. Young

Medium

Etching; fourth of four states

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 15.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1964

Accession Number

64.682.97

Tags

SchoolsMenDogsStudentsTeachersHorses

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella|H. R. Young · 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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