Plate Two from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.6 × 12.2 cm (2 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 6.2 × 12.6 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.); Sheet: 6.6 × 13 cm (2 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
193890
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.
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...