Design for a Monstrance
Stefano della Bella
1610–64
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
15 3/8 x 9 1/2in. (39.1 x 24.1cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.131.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Angels
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...