Two goats resting to right, turned towards the left, four men and a horse in a river in the background, plate 9 from "Various Figures" (Agréable diversité de figures)
Medium
Etching; state unknown (clipped impression)
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (7.3 × 10.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-290
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Artus Gouffier Marquis de Boissy · 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...