Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left.
1610–64
Medium
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; traces of framing outlines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (3.6 x 15.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1956
Accession Number
56.521.1
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...