The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di Pratolino
Stefano della Bella
c. 1653
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.4 × 38.4 cm (9 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 38.7 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.9 × 45 cm (13 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
121416
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...