Plate 7: two soldiers standing to left, a wolf devouring a dead horse to right with another wolf entering from right, from "Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns" (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)

Publisher Israël Henriet French
ca. 1640
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  • Title: Plate 7: two soldiers standing to left, a wolf devouring a dead horse to right with another wolf entering from right, from "Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns" (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)
  • Series/Portfolio: Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)
  • Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
  • Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590–1661 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1640
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 x 5 in. (6.6 x 12.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.434.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Stefano della Bella - Plate 7: two soldiers standing to left, a wolf devouring a dead horse to right with another wolf entering from right, from "Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns" (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art