Plan and view of the siege of Arras: lower part of the plate with a topographical view with troops in the foreground descending a hill, upper part of the plate with a view of the town
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 20 13/16 in. (39 × 52.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.15.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Human FiguresTownsHorses
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella · 1610–1664
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was one of the most prolific and versatile printmakers of the Italian Baroque period, leaving behind 1,052 prints and several thousand drawings that captured the vivid essence of 17th-century European life. Born in Florence on May 18, 1610, to a family of artists, he trained initially as a goldsmith before studying painting under Cesare Dandini and etching under Rem...