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| Stefano della Bella Four large landscapes (no. 1) ca. 1652-57 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Four large landscapes (no. 2) ca. 1652-57 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Four large landscapes (no. 3) ca. 1652-57 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Four large landscapes (no. 4) ca. 1652-57 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Stefano della Bella's four large and serene landscapes were conceived in the 1650s after his return to Italy from France. They could almost be thought to reflect the pacific influence of Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, contemporary French artists who spent their careers in Italy as expatriates and largely occupied themselves with depicting an idealized, half-imaginary version of the Roman countryside.
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| Stefano della Bella Cosimo de Medici, Prince of Tuscany, and his wife, Marguerite d'Orleans 1661 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Della Bella etched a ceremonial double portrait of his Medici patrons (above). He also depicted the young Medici heir (below, later to rule as Grand Duke Cosimo III) in the act of sketching the famous Medici Vase, excavated at Rome in the previous century. It is now located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, along with countless other Medici acquisitions.
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| Stefano della Bella The Medici Vase 1656 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Seven Vases ca. 1650-56 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Tritons wrestling with fanged sea creatures ca. 1645-50 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Ruins of the Temple of Vespasian, Rome 1656 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Villa Pratolino : the Appenino 1653 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Woman restraining a bull ca. 1660 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Dido killing herself ca. 1660 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Child wearing a large mask ca.1660 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Child writing with a quill 1650 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |