Clovis and Clotilda
Stefano Della Bella
c. 1657
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 30.6 x 22.3 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Philip and Judith Benedict
Accession Number
1997.88.3
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...