Plate 11: an attack on a city, horsemen in foreground, clouds of smoke and a cityscape in background, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

ca. 1640

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (6.2 x 12.8 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.434.11
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Stefano Della Bella. Plate 11: an attack on a city, horsemen in foreground, clouds of smoke and a cityscape in background, 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

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Plate 11: an attack on a city, horsemen in foreground, clouds of smoke and a cityscape in background, 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. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (6.2 x 12.8 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.

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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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