Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) ca. 1650-64 Stefano della Bella Italian Stefano della Bella's first set of oval prints illustrating the triumph of Death included a battlefield scene. This horizontal version, in which the Grim Reaper approaches the skirmish on a skeletal horse, probably dates to the same years. Our sheet is a trial impression; the artist has sketched in two ideas for the position of Death's right arm, reinforcing the one he would use in the finished print, and has added a number of warriors to the background. Evidently, Della Bella did not work from a highly finished drawing but continued to compose as he worked on the etching plate.Jombert and De Vesme date the print to around 1648. There is a strong connection between the print and a scultpure of the figure of Death on horseback also the collection of The Met (17.190.729).. Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) 363470

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Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) ca. 1650-64 Stefano della Bella Italian Stefano della Bella's first set of oval prints illustrating the triumph of Death included a battlefield scene. This horizontal version, in which the Grim Reaper approaches the skirmish on a skeletal horse, probably dates to the same years. Our sheet is a trial impression; the artist has sketched in two ideas for the position of Death's right arm, reinforcing the one he would use in the finished print, and has added a number of warriors to the background. Evidently, Della Bella did not work from a highly finished drawing but continued to compose as he worked on the etching plate.Jombert and De Vesme date the print to around 1648. There is a strong connection between the print and a scultpure of the figure of Death on horseback also the collection of The Met (17.190.729).. Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) 363470

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