Satyr Family Walking
c. 1657
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.1 × 22.2 cm (8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 22.9 × 23 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44283
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The second state of this print is recognizable because it bears the artist's name; the name of the publisher, Pierre Mariette, was later added in the third state.
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...