Two Camel Heads [recto]

Stefano Della Bella

probably 1649

Two Camel Heads [recto] by Stefano Della Bella

Medium

etching with revisions in black chalk and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 11.6 x 14.8 cm (4 9/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

Accession Number

1977.15.1.a

About the Artist

Stefano Della Bella · 16101664

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...

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