Plate 11: a peasant wearing a hat at center, walking towards the right, a horse descending a mountain to right in the background, trees to left in the background, from 'Twelve Landscapes' (Suite de douze paysages)
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1641
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 1/4 in. (9.1 x 13.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.817
Tags
MenHorsesMountainsLandscapesFarmers
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...