Plate 5: two friezes; at top, a grotesque head of an old man to left, a lion head to right, at bottom, a ram skull to left, a grotesque head of a man to right, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano della Bella

ca. 1638–43

Plate 5: two friezes; at top, a grotesque head of an old man to left, a lion head to right, at bottom, a ram skull to left, a grotesque head of a man to right, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques) by Stefano della Bella

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 4 7/8 in. (6.5 × 12.4 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

2012.136.101.5

Tags

LionsOrnamentHeads

About the Artist

Stefano della Bella · 16101664

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...

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