Design for Two Friezes, the One on Top containing a Zephyr flanked by Lions, Plate 14 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1645–50
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (9.1 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.100.10
Tags
LionsFaces
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...