Phalaris Having Perillus Thrown into the Bronze Bull
17th century
Medium
Etching with engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (15.1 × 19.9 cm) Sheet: 6 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (15.4 × 20.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, by exchange, 1968
Accession Number
68.734.5
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Polidoro da Caravaggio · 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...