Plate 12: a cartouche flanked by two winged infant satyrs riding on the heads of two rams, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1647
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/16 x 4 1/2 in. (15.4 x 11.4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.113.8
Tags
CartouchesSatyrsRams
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...