Sheep and ram in a pasture, plate 12 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)
ca. 1641
Medium
Etching; third state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 3 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (8.3 × 10.9 cm) Sheet: 3 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (9 × 11.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-261
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...