Plate 8: two horsemen in hats at right, each with a woman seated behind them, riding towards the left in profile across a river, a tree at far right, from 'Caprice faict par de la Bella'
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 9/16 x 3 11/16 in. (6.5 x 9.4 cm) Plate: 2 3/16 x 3 5/16 in. (5.5 x 8.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.808.5
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...