Stefano della Bella
Italian, 1610-1664
Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
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Stefano della Bella
Italian, 1610-16641644
Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Stefano della Bella Italian, 1610-1664 →etchingpaper
Date
1644
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.6 × 12.3 cm (2 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 6 × 12.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 6.8 × 12.9 cm (2 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
John H. Wrenn Fund
For the subject of this work, della Bella chose the movements of soldiers toward and through a town, which is recognizable as Arras. He dedicated the work to Henry du Plesseys, Count of Roche-Guyon, whose coat of arms appears in the first and second plates.
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