Plate 1: The Entrance of the Polish Ambassador into Rome, the Medici coat of arms at left
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 16 7/8 in. (15.5 × 42.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.778
Tags
CrowdCoat of Arms
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...