Hungarian horseman riding towards the left, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from 'Figures on Horseback' (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hongrois)
Medium
Etching; reverse copy
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 6 3/4 in. (17 × 17.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Margaret Scolari Barr, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1232.4
Tags
HorsesMen
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Johanna Christina Küsell|Jeremias Wolff · 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...