Bust of a Pole, from "Drawing Basics" (I principii del disegno)
Stefano della Bella|Peregrine Lovell
after 1641
Medium
Etching, reverse copy
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 3 11/16 in. (10.3 × 9.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.620
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Peregrine Lovell · 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...