Design for a Cartouche (recto); Designs for Frames (verso)
1610–64
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, over black chalk (verso)
Dimensions
9 15/16 x 7 5/16in. (25.2 x 18.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Phyllis Dearborn Massar and Robert J. Massar Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975
Accession Number
1975.123
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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...