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Stefano della Bella

Plate Eleven from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

1644
Etching on ivory laid paper
5.5 × 12.3 cm (2.2 × 4.8 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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.

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