Plate Four from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.9 × 12.2 cm (2 3/8 × 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
193892
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...