Stefano della Bella
Plate 1: the genius of drawing, a child with wings, seated on a rock in center turned towards the right, holding a drawing pad and pen, ruins including a triumphal arch to right in the background, the title page from "The Principles of Design" (I principii del disegno)
ca. 1641–43
- Medium
- Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions
- 12 × 15.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-432836
Provenance
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Registry history
- ca. 1641–43 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — prints
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