Three Children with a Tray
Stefano della Bella|Guido Reni
ca. 1638
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Mount: 7 3/8 in. × 5 15/16 in. (18.7 × 15.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.657
Tags
BoysTrays
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Guido Reni · 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...