Plate 7: a triton in the water, facing left, holding up an eel in his right hand and two other eels underwater in his left hand, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil de divers griffonnements et preuves d'eauforte)
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1646
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (6.3 x 6.9 cm) Plate: 2 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (6.1 x 6.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.792.1
Tags
TritonFish
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...