Title: Plate 1: the genius of drawing, a child with wings, seated on a rock in center turned towards the right, holding a drawing pad and pen, ruins including a triumphal arch to right in the background, the title page from "The Principles of Design" (I principii del disegno)
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1641–43
Portfolio: The Principles of Design (I principii del disegno)
Artist:  Stefano della Bella 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (12 × 15.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Drawing, term: Putti