Frontispiece to Various Embarkments
Stefano della Bella
c. 1640-1650
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7.2 × 17.7 cm (2 7/8 × 7 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.9 × 18 cm (3 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
31951
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...