Standing Warrior with Shield
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
18.1 × 19.3 cm (7 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95682
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...