Battle of the Amalekites (Bataille des Amalecites), Amalekites on horseback gallop towards the left, pursued by the Israelites, a dead man to right, a dead horse to left

ca. 1645–52

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 12 11/16 in. (16.7 x 32.2 cm) Plate: 4 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (12.3 x 27.2 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.451
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Stefano Della Bella. Battle of the Amalekites (Bataille des Amalecites), Amalekites on horseback gallop towards the left, pursued by the Israelites, a dead man to right, a dead horse to left. Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Battle of the Amalekites (Bataille des Amalecites), Amalekites on horseback gallop towards the left, pursued by the Israelites, a dead man to right, a dead horse to left — Stefano Della Bella. ca. 1645–52.

Medium: Etching; second state of two. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 12 11/16 in. (16.7 x 32.2 cm) Plate: 4 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (12.3 x 27.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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