Frontispiece for 'The Fall of Longobardi' (La Caduta de' Longobardi), poems by Sigismond Boldoni; a laurel tree at center, two putti holding up the coat of arms of Christine of France, duchess of Savoy, to whom the poems are dedicated, two putti below holding up the banner with the title, placing wreaths of laurel onto the heads of Apollo at right and Mars at left
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.5 x 7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.559
Tags
ApolloPuttiMarsCoat of Arms
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...