Water, a ship at sea during a storm, from 'The four elements' (Les quatre Eléments)
ca. 1645–50
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (8.7 x 20 cm) Plate: 3 3/8 x 7 13/16 in. (8.5 x 19.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.430.2
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...