Two putti above, their legs ending in scrollwork, a bat below, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)
Stefano della Bella
ca. 1650–56
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 2 9/16 in. (16.3 × 6.5 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
2012.136.98.7
Tags
BatsOrnamentPutti
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...