Blanton Museum of Art - Three Camels, from Têtes de different animaux [Heads of various animals]

Three Camels, from Têtes de different animaux [Heads of various animals]

circa 1641
17th century
11.9 cm x 15.1 cm (4 11/16 in. x 5 15/16 in.)

Stefano Della Bella (Florence, Italy, 1610 - 1664, Florence, Italy) Primary

Object Type: print

Artist Nationality: Europe, Italian

Medium and Support: Etching

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Accession Number: 2002.1384

Della Bella's compositions are developed with the insistent rhythm and rich atmosphere of full Baroque painting, and they are articulated with a busy, lightly bitten line that gives them the appearance of delicate pen-and-ink drawings. Executed in the first years of a sojourn in Paris, his Camels is an especially swift and delightful sketch. Etchings by Della Bella are relatively common, but rarely seen in early states or such fine impressions.

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Prints - Animals

Prints - Italian 14th-19th c.