Sketches of Seated Man, Medici Coats of Arms
Medium
Black and red chalk, with traces of pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
9.5 × 12.3 cm (3 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82081
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...