Child Carrying a Puppy
Stefano Della Bella
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.6 x 13.7 cm (5 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 15.1 x 14.3 cm (5 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Pamela B. Ohrstrom
Accession Number
2001.148.1
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...