The Galley Covered in Sails, from Views of the Port of Livorno
Stefano della Bella
1654/55
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.1 × 36 cm (9 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 23.7 × 36.4 cm (9 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
53208
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...