The Infant St. John the Baptist with his Lamb
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1649
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to plate): 3 3/8 × 2 11/16 in. (8.5 × 6.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-302
Tags
InfantsLambsSaint John the Baptist
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...