The Avenue of the Fountains
Stefano della Bella
1653/55
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 24 × 37.3 cm (9 1/2 × 14 11/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 37.7 cm (9 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 33.2 × 45 cm (13 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
121407
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...