Sultaness Adorned with Pearls, Turned to the Left
Stefano Della Bella
1649/1650
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate (oval): 10 x 7.4 cm (3 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 10.7 x 8 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1994.72.6
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...