1637
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo is a 1637 ink by Stefano Della Bella, a Baroque work, depicting Ice Skating, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a scene with people and buildings. It's an etching, which is a way of making prints by carving a design into metal. The artist used this technique to create lots of details and textures in the scene, like the lines on the buildings and the clothes people are wearing. You can learn more about the technique used to create this by looking up etching.
Stefano della Bella (18 May 1610 – 12 July 1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes.
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