Title: An elephant in center, his mahout standing to the right wearing an Oriental costume, another elephant to left in background, plate 16 from "Diversi capricci"
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1644–47
Portfolio: Diversi capricci
Artist:  Stefano della Bella 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 3 7/8 in. (8.5 × 9.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Elephants