Ornament Design for a Thesis on the Device: Quest' un soccorso
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1656
Medium
Etching with engraving?
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (24.6 × 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.57.3
Tags
OrnamentFaces
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...