Design for a Glass (?) Ewer
ca. 1640-1660
Medium
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, blue wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.5 x 12.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in memory of Walter E. Stait, 2010
Accession Number
2010.450.1
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Master of the Blue Wash · 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...