Francesco de Medici, Prince of Tuscany
Medium
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 13.2 cm (8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
64313
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...