Title page for 'The Child Nino' (Il Nino Figlio), a stage with the curtain drawn, the coat of arms of the duke of Modena at top center, spectators below
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1655
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.7 x 13.6 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.103
Tags
TheatreSpectatorsCoat of Arms
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...