Changement d'une galère de l'ordre de Saint Étienne
Stefano della Bella
1654/55
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 24.4 × 35 cm (9 5/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 38 cm (10 15/16 × 15 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
53212
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...