Plate Six from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 5.6 × 12.2 cm (2 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 6.1 × 12.5 cm (2 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 6.4 × 12.9 cm (2 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaperpaper (fiber product)
About
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.
