Entry of the prince of Tuscany as Hercules, in front of him a large procession of horsemen and footsoldiers, processing around the large statue of Atlas in center, the Duomo and the Pitti Palace to left in the background, spectators surrounding from all sides, from 'Il mondo festeggiante'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 17 7/16 in. (29.4 x 44.3 cm) Plate: 11 7/16 x 17 3/16 in. (29 x 43.7 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
2012.136.532.1
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Giovanni Andrea Moniglia · 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...