Plate 1: soldiers waiting to board a ship, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers embarquements)
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet
ca. 1646–47
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 3 × 6 3/8 in. (7.6 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 3 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (7.8 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1935
Accession Number
35.7.6
Tags
SoldiersShipsMen
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet · 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...