# The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di Pratolino, in Stefano della Bella

Stefano della Bella made this in about 1653, aged about 42. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> The Colosso dell’Appennino, a giant crouching figure personifying the Apennine mountains, created by the sculptor Giambologna around 1580 for the Medici villa at Pratolino near Florence, rises beside its pool in this etching by Stefano della Bella.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1653
- Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: Image: 24.4 × 38.4 cm (9 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 38.7 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.9 × 45 cm (13 × 17 3/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.501.6
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Stefano della Bella](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/stefano-della-bella), Italian, 1610–1664

Della Bella trained in Florence and became one of the finest etchers of the seventeenth century, working for the Medici and drawing inspiration from Jacques Callot. He spent about ten years in Paris from 1639, working for publishers and the court, before returning to Florence.

4 works in the collection.

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