Plate 3: An officer giving orders to a soldier in centre foreground, cannon at left, from 'Various Military Caprices' (Varii capricci militari)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (9.1 x 14.5 cm) Plate: 3 7/16 x 5 9/16 in. (8.8 x 14.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.796.3
Tags
SoldiersCannonsMen
About the Artist
Stefano della Bella|François Langlois · 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...