Stag and doe running towards the right, two dogs behind them to left, from 'Hunts of various animals' (Chasses à différents animaux)
ca. 1651–57
Medium
Etching printed in brownish red
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 5/16 x 13 1/4 in. (16 x 33.7 cm) Plate: 5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (15.1 x 22.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.431.1
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...