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Plate 4: a procession of cannons and horses riding uphill towards the left, a dog at lower left, from Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes

Plate 12: a procession of troops enter a city, horseman in center playing a trumpet towards the left, horsemen at left galloping towards the right, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 5: a procession of horsemen crossing a river, a tree at center, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 6: a skirmish between two horsemen to left, a dead man on the ground to the right, combat in the background, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 8: a chariot and two horses to left, a dog in center, various horses and soldiers in the background, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 7: two soldiers standing to left, a wolf devouring a dead horse to right with another wolf entering from right, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 2: a soldier seated to left beneath an archway, another lying on the ground to right alongside military equipment, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 10: a soldier charging a cannon in center, other soldiers with picks standing at left and right, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Plate 2: A cannon to the left, a town in the background, from 'Various Military Caprices' (Varii capricci militari)

Plate 3: a procession of horse-drawn cannons, riding to the right, a horse-drawn cannon to the right seen from the back, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

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Florentine artist Stefano Della Bella was among the best etchers of the Italian Baroque. He created about 1,050 prints and thousands of drawings. His earlier work was greatly influenced by the French Jacques Callot (1592-1635) who worked for the court of the Medici. Three of Stefano’s older brothers were artists. Della Bella probably learned etching from Remigio Cantagallina (1582/3-1656), who had been Callot’s teacher. Della Bella’s earliest prints date from around 1627. Della Bella received the patronage and a stipend from Lorenzo de’ Medici and studied in Rome. In 1639 he journeyed to Paris where Della Bella collected prints by Northern European artists, copied works by Rembrandt. He received commissions from Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin. His prints were innovative, seeming to look forward to the Rococo. Della Bella also engraved views of Paris. He visited Amsterdam in 1647. French anti-Italian feeling during the Fronde and the death of Mazarin during the late 1640s led to della Bella’s return to Florence. Della Bella produced some of his best work after his return. Della Bella is known to have illustrated some discoveries for Galileo and depicted Hansken the famous elephant, when dead. In his final years, he produced a number of prints experimenting with tonal effects attempting to achieve drawing effects in etching. In 1661 he appears to have suffered a stroke, after which he produced little work.

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Stefano Della Bella

Stefano della Bella (17 May 1610 – 12 July 1664) - prolific Italian draughtsman and printmaker.
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stefano della bella etching prints plate procession cannons troops attacks towns and dessins quelques conduites quelques conduites troupes canons ataques villes 17th century italian art high resolution ultra high resolution engraving florentine metropolitan museum of art apennine peninsula