Frontispiece to Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 5.4 × 12.4 cm (2 3/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 5.8 × 12.9 cm (2 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 6.4 × 13.4 cm (2 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaper (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.
