The Colosseum, two herds being directed towards the amphitheater in the foreground, plate 8 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)
Medium
Etching; fourth state of nine (Talbierska)
Dimensions
Plate: 4 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (12.5 × 13.4 cm) Sheet: 5 3/16 × 5 1/2 in. (13.1 × 13.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-241
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|François Langlois · 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...