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
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...