Fire, a flotilla on fire in center and to the right, two boats full of people to left, from 'The four elements' (Les quatre Eléments)

Stefano della Bella

ca. 1645–50

Fire, a flotilla on fire in center and to the right, two boats full of people to left, from 'The four elements' (Les quatre Eléments) by Stefano della Bella

Medium

Etching; first state of three

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 1/4 x 7 13/16 in. (8.3 x 19.9 cm) Plate: 3 1/4 x 7 11/16 in. (8.2 x 19.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.430.4

Tags

FireShips

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella · 16101664

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...

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