Plate 1: Two palms and a coat of arms frame the title and dedication, title page for 'Various Figures' (Agréable diversité de figures)
Medium
Etching; fourth state of five (De Vesme)
Dimensions
Plate: 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (8 x 10.5 cm) Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (8.2 x 10.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.429.1
Tags
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...