Three Camel Heads
Medium
Etching, state ii or iii
Dimensions
Plate: 4 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (12 × 15 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (13 × 16.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession Number
62.635.776
Tags
Camels
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette · 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...