Plate 6: a cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.9 x 9.8 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
2012.136.113.9
Tags
DucksCartouchesNymphs
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils · 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...