Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Mount: 9 13/16 x 8 5/16 in. (24.9 x 21.1 cm) Plate: 7 3/8 x 6 in. (18.8 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (19.3 x 15.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.442.2
Rights
Public Domain
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...