Figure Leading a Horse
1601 to 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink over graphite with gray gouache on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 13.7 x 18.3 cm (5 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.) support: 30.6 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1975.31.1
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...