A skirmish, two horsemen battling with swords to the right, men carrying a flag running away towards the right, a dead man on the ground and a horseman seen from behind to the left, from "Varie figure"
Stefano della Bella|François Langlois · Italian|French
Date: ca. 1645
Medium: Etching; first state of four
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (10.9 × 16 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Battles, Corpses, Horses, Soldiers, Swords
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Date range
1640 – 1650
Largest dimension
16.0 cm
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