Four riders in a row at bottom, five riders forming a V above and another rider in the center, from 'La gara delle Stagioni'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (21.6 x 30 cm) Mat: 13 7/8 x 17 5/8 in. (35.3 x 44.7 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
2012.136.531.3
Tags
Horses
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...