Plate Five from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

1644

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 5.8 × 12.3 cm (2 5/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 6.3 × 12.6 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.); Sheet: 6.7 × 13 cm (2 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1970.138
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Plate Five from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers — Stefano Della Bella. 1644.

Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 5.8 × 12.3 cm (2 5/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 6.3 × 12.6 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.); Sheet: 6.7 × 13 cm (2 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

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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