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The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert)

Stefano Della Bella · 1640

Stefano Della Bella: Florentine, 1610 - 1664

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The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert) — Stefano Della Bella

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The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert)

1640

Etching · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/16 in. (17.3 x 13.2 cm) Mount: 7 1/2 x 5 13/16 in. (19 x 14.8 cm)
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2012.136.554.1
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Stefano Della Bella. The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert). Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert) — Stefano Della Bella. 1640.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/16 in. (17.3 x 13.2 cm) Mount: 7 1/2 x 5 13/16 in. (19 x 14.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Stefano Della Bella. The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharmed, various spectators to either side, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert). Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.