A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Baths of Diocletian in the background, plate 12 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Baths of Diocletian in the background, plate 12 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome) by Stefano della Bella|François Langlois

Medium

Etching; fourth state of nine (Talbierska)

Dimensions

Plate: 5 3/16 × 5 1/4 in. (13.2 × 13.3 cm) Sheet: 5 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (13.8 × 13.9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917

Accession Number

17.50.17-245

Tags

RomeRuinsMenShepherdsHorses

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella|François Langlois · 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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