Plate 1: two children sitting on the ground, the child on the right drawing while the child on the left holding the album, the title page from 'The Book for Learning to Draw' (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 3 5/16 × 2 11/16 in. (8.4 × 6.8 cm) Sheet: 3 9/16 in. × 3 in. (9 × 7.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.684.6
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About this artwork
This Etching by Italian artist Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Monsieur Malier from ca. 1649 represents an important work in the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. Plate 1: two children sitting on the ground, the c... [Full research-based description continues - work exemplifies period techniques, cultural context, and artistic significance within its genre and historical moment.]
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Monsieur Malier · 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...