Plate 13: Two pikemen walking towards the right, each with their pikes in their right hands, from 'Various Figures' (Agréable diversité de figures)
Medium
Etching; undescribed state between second and third of five
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (7.9 x 11.1 cm) Plate: 2 3/4 x 3 15/16 in. (7 x 10 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.429.13
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Claude Goyrand · 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...