Plate 6: two seated pilgrims and one laying down to left, a tower in ruins to right in the background, from 'Caprice faict par de la Bella'
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6.1 x 8.8 cm) Plate: 2 1/16 x 3 1/8 in. (5.2 x 7.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.808.3
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet · 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...