Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.6 × 12.3 cm (2 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 6 × 12.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 6.8 × 12.9 cm (2 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
193898
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...