Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

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Stefano della Bella
Italian, 1610-1664

Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers, 1644

Etching on ivory laid paper
56 x 123 mm (image); 60 x 125 mm (plate); 68 x 129 mm (sheet)
John H. Wrenn Fund, 1970.143

De Vesme & Massar 255

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.