A Black sailor standing to left, in profile to the right, a White sailor seated in center with legs outstretched, a ship being repaired to right in the background

ca. 1658–63

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (19.6 x 18.8 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.534
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Stefano Della Bella. A Black sailor standing to left, in profile to the right, a White sailor seated in center with legs outstretched, a ship being repaired to right in the background. 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

About this artwork

A Black sailor standing to left, in profile to the right, a White sailor seated in center with legs outstretched, a ship being repaired to right in the background — Stefano Della Bella. ca. 1658–63.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (19.6 x 18.8 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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