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Callot figures; a dwarf man with a spear at left walking towards the right, another dwarf man with a pegleg firing a musket at right, 'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

Callot figures; a well-dressed dwarf man to left declaring his love to an old dwarf woman to left, a dwarf man playing the guitar and a dwarf woman dancing with a tambourine to right, from 'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

Callot figures; two children carrying a cartouche to left, a dwarf in a plumed hat carrying a standard at right, from 'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

Two Dwarfs Playing Dice, a Dog at Left (recto), Study of a Leg (verso)

Callot figures; an old dwarf woman dancing with a young dwarf man to left, an old dwarf man touching the shoulder of a young, smiling dwarf woman, from 'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

Callot figures; two seated dwarf lovers to left, the woman holding a fan, an old dwarf woman, in profile towards the right, standing with a dwarf man with long hair to right, from 'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

Bacchanal with infant satyrs and putti at left, a naked male figure reclines in front of a pedestal carved in bas-relief, two clothed figures look toward the right

L'Homme Raclant un Gril en Guise de Violon (Man Scraping a Grill in the Guise of a Violin), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Two Dwarfs Playing Dice, a Dog at Left (recto), Study of a Leg (verso)

Callot figures; a dwarf man playing the drum at left, a beefeater in center, a flute player to right,'Six grotesques' (Six pièces de figures grotesques)

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Florentine artist Stefano Della Bella was among the best etchers of the Italian Baroque. He created about 1,050 prints and thousands of drawings. His earlier work was greatly influenced by the French Jacques Callot (1592-1635) who worked for the court of the Medici. Three of Stefano’s older brothers were artists. Della Bella probably learned etching from Remigio Cantagallina (1582/3-1656), who had been Callot’s teacher. Della Bella’s earliest prints date from around 1627. Della Bella received the patronage and a stipend from Lorenzo de’ Medici and studied in Rome. In 1639 he journeyed to Paris where Della Bella collected prints by Northern European artists, copied works by Rembrandt. He received commissions from Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin. His prints were innovative, seeming to look forward to the Rococo. Della Bella also engraved views of Paris. He visited Amsterdam in 1647. French anti-Italian feeling during the Fronde and the death of Mazarin during the late 1640s led to della Bella’s return to Florence. Della Bella produced some of his best work after his return. Della Bella is known to have illustrated some discoveries for Galileo and depicted Hansken the famous elephant, when dead. In his final years, he produced a number of prints experimenting with tonal effects attempting to achieve drawing effects in etching. In 1661 he appears to have suffered a stroke, after which he produced little work.

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stefano della bella francois collignon agostino mitelli ii etching prints after stefano della bella callot figures callot figures dwarf man dwarf man drum beefeater center flute player flute player grotesques and six grotesques and pieces six pieces grotesques figures grotesques 17th century italian art high resolution engraving florentine sculpture metropolitan museum of art apennine peninsula
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Stefano Della Bella

Stefano della Bella (17 May 1610 – 12 July 1664) - prolific Italian draughtsman and printmaker.
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stefano della bella francois collignon agostino mitelli ii etching prints after stefano della bella callot figures callot figures dwarf man dwarf man drum beefeater center flute player flute player grotesques and six grotesques and pieces six pieces grotesques figures grotesques 17th century italian art high resolution engraving florentine sculpture metropolitan museum of art apennine peninsula