Decoration for a Thesis in Honor of Saint Francis Solano in two parts: the top part with Saint Francis Solano with his arms raised and a sun in his hands with Mount Potosí at right, the lower part with the doctor of the church holding a banner and two putti below
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Top): 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 in. (26.5 × 37.1 cm) Sheet (Bottom): 9 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (24.7 × 36.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, 1986
Accession Number
1987.1173.7a–b
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About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Jean Chumalero Carrillo · 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...