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Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) by Stefano della Bella

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Mount: 9 13/16 x 8 5/16 in. (24.9 x 21.1 cm) Plate: 7 3/8 x 6 in. (18.8 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (19.3 x 15.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.442.2

Tags

SkeletonsInfants

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella · 16101664

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...

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