Title page 2: Medici coat of arms in bottom center, from "In Morte del Serenissimo Principe Francesco di Toscana, Orazione"
Medium
Letterpress, etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (22.5 x 14.9 cm) mount: 10 13/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.5 x 19.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.102
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Zanobi Pignoni|Ferdinando Bardi de' Conti de Vernio · 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...