Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind — Stefano della Bella | DiscoverArt

Stefano della Bella

Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind

17th century

Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, over black chalk (verso)

25.2 × 18.6 cm (9.9 × 7.3 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Stefano della Bella

A mid-bust portrait of Emperor Ferdinand II, within an oval frame, surrounded by armor

A mid-bust portrait of Emperor Ferdinand II, within an oval

Man Wearing a Fantastic Headdress, Facing to the Left

Man Wearing a Fantastic Headdress, Facing to the Left

A ship travelling between Dover and Calais, from "Views of seaports" (Vues de ports de mar)

A ship travelling between Dover and Calais, from "Views of s

A fan with a musical troupe and spectators

A fan with a musical troupe and spectators

Plate 38: head of a man with a moustache and cap, facing rig

Castel Sant' Angelo

Castel Sant' Angelo

Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient philosophers gathered in groups at the base of the mountain in the foreground, Diogenes in his barrel to right and Archimedes in center studying an armillary sphere in the middleground, an angel in the sky to left, the mountain in the background, a large cloud at the top of the mountain with the assembly of the gods

Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient ph

Siege of Saint-Omer

Siege of Saint-Omer

More like this

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Honoré Daumier — Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

A horseman, facing front, a group of horsemen in background to the right, from 'Various cavalry exercises' (Diverses exercices de cavalerie)

Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — A horseman, facing fron

A Cavalry Fight

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) — A Cavalry Fight

Caprices: Mounted Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664) — Caprices: Mounte

A Horseman

Hans Caspar Nüscheler|Jacques Callot — A Horseman

Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck — Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert

A man and a woman riding a mule; page 36 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) — A man and a woman rid

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Statues and Figures, Including the Venus Pudica and Scipio and his Lictor

Anthony van Dyck — Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibl

Man Assisting a Woman to Mount a Horse, with Two Other Figures and a Dog

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison — Man Assisting a Woman to Mount a

A horseman galloping towards right with sword in hand, other horsemen in the background, from 'Various cavalry exercises' (Diverses exercices de cavalerie)

Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — A horseman galloping to

Various Caprices: The Cavalier Mounting his Horse

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) — Various Cap

Turbaned Soldier on Horseback

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) — Turbaned Soldier on Horseba