Officer Giving Orders to a Sentinel
Stefano Della Bella
c. 1641
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 8.8 x 14.4 cm (3 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 18.6 x 29.3 cm (7 5/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1985.3.3
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...