Ponte and Castell Saint'Angelo
1633–64
Medium
Brown ink over graphite with brown wash
Dimensions
Mount: 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (31.1 x 41.9 cm) Image: 5 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (14.1 x 21.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.958
Tags
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...