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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)
ca. 1640
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching; second state of three
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 2 7/16 x 5 3/16 in. (6.2 x 13.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.434.12
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Stefano Della Bella. 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). 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
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) — Stefano Della Bella. ca. 1640.
Medium: Etching; second state of three. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 5 3/16 in. (6.2 x 13.2 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.