Carlo Cantu called Buffetto
Medium
Etching with engraving by Jean Couvay added over etching of main figure
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24.6 × 18.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of the Estate of Randolf Gunter, 1962
Accession Number
62.676.26
Tags
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...