Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 15.5 × 42.6 cm (6 1/8 × 16 13/16 in.); Sheet: 21 × 56 cm (8 5/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117969
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...