Twenty-four riders dueling with swords in four groups, with two groups in lines at the top and bottom of the page, from 'La gara delle Stagioni'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (23.9 x 32.5 cm) Mat: 13 15/16 x 17 11/16 in. (35.4 x 45 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
2012.136.531.1
Tags
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...