Baggage Train

c. 1641

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a line of horses pulling a cart filled with large sacks and two figures seated on top. The horizon is positioned low, with the sky taking up most of the upper part. In the distance, there are suggestions of trees and figures. The etching style is detailed, especially in the horses and carts, with varying line thickness to show depth and texture. The black and white palette creates a high-contrast look. In the foreground, there is a dark shape, possibly another horse. The scene conveys dynamism with the movement of the horses and the loaded cart.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9 x 14.2 cm (3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.8 x 29.3 cm (7 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.3.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 258, State i/iv

  • Series Title

    Varii capricci militari

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906, no. 258.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.258.

2001

  • Talbierska, Jolanta.AKWAFORTY ZE ZBIOROW GABINETU RYCIN BIBLIOTEKI UNIWERSYTECKIEJ W WARSZAWIE / Etchings from the Collection of the Print Room of the Warsaw University Library. Warsaw, 2001: 71, no.89.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Varii Capricii Militarii di Stef. Della Bella / F.D.L. Chiartres excudit Cum Privilegio RegisChrist.; lower right in plate: 1; later hand lower center verso in graphite: 5

Wikidata ID

Q74066985

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