Plate 29: bust of a laughing satyr, facing left in profile, from 'Various portraits' (Recueil de diverses pièces servant à l'art de portraiture)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/16 x 4 1/4 in. (13.8 x 10.8 cm) Plate: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.2 x 6.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.794
Tags
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) · 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...