Herdsman atop a horse, seen from behind, leads his cattle down a hill, a tower on a hill to left in the background, plate 24 from "Diversi capricci"
Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois
ca. 1644–47
Medium
Etching; third state of four
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 3 15/16 in. (8.3 × 10 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-218
Tags
HorsesAnimalsTowersMenHills
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois · 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...