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Four etched panels show standing women in long gowns, each labeled with a name and French caption.

Roxane, Mammée, Athenais, and Brunehaut, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Four etched cards showing standing women in period gowns, each with a number, a French descriptive word, and a name.

Eleonor, Isabeau de Bauieres, Elisabeth, and Julie, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Four etched female figures labeled Livia, Agrippina, Olympias and Cleopatra, each with French captions below.

Liuie, Agrippine, Olympias, and Cleopatre, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Four engraved cards showing female figures named Mariame, Ester, Clytemnestre, and Sabine, with French captions below.

Mariame, Ester, Clytemnestre, and Sabine, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of four women in separate panels, each labeled with a number and French caption: Saint Helena, Octavia, Faustina, Mes

Ste. Helene, Octauie, Faustine, and Messalline, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Four etched panels showing numbered queens in period dress, each with a French caption naming the woman depicted.

Marie Stuard, Catherine de Medicis, Elisabeth d' Arragon, and Isabelle de Castille, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu…

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of four female figures in separate panels with numerals, French labels, and captions, from Stefano della Bella's Game

Hecube, Fredegonde, Ieanne Reyne de Naples, and Berthe, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman on a laden horse with a child, followed by sheep and a cow, with a shepherd driving flock on the left.

Journey of Jacob and Rachel to the land of Canaan, Rachel directs a horse towards the left, various other animals follow

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a battle on an open plain with lance-wielding horsemen, fallen horses in the foreground, and distant mountains.

Battle of the Amalekites (Bataille des Amalecites)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-52

Etching of a cannon on a cart, a standing soldier with a pole, seated soldiers playing cards, and a camp with tents.

Plate 9: a chariot carrying a cannon to left, soldiers in center playing cards, from "Troops, cannons, and attacks on…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etching of horsemen in the foreground watching a city attack, with a large smoke cloud rising over the town.

Plate 11: an attack on a city, horsemen in foreground, clouds of smoke and a cityscape in background, from "Troops, c…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etching of a trumpeter on horseback leading mounted soldiers and marching troops toward a city with spires and cannon smoke.

Plate 12: a procession of troops enter a city, horseman in center playing a trumpet towards the left, horsemen at lef…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etched title page with a coat of arms under draped curtains and French text announcing designs of troops, cannons and town at

Plate 1: a coat of arms at bottom center surrounded by a draped curtain, title page for "Troops, cannons, and attacks…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etching of a procession of horse-drawn cannons and riders crossing a landscape under a cloudy sky.

Plate 3: a procession of horse-drawn cannons, riding to the right, a horse-drawn cannon to the right seen from the ba…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etching of horses hauling a cannon on a wagon, a dog in the foreground, and soldiers climbing a hill.

Plate 4: a procession of cannons and horses riding uphill towards the left, a dog at lower left, from "Troops, cannon…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640

Etching of a naval battle with a burning ship at center, smoke rising, and a rowboat with figures at lower left.

Naval combat, a ship at center, seen from behind, firing at four enemy ships, another ship entering from the right, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of a naval battle with a crowded rowboat firing muskets, drowning figures in the sea, and a burning ship on its side.

Naval battle, a rowboat filled with people fighting with muskets to left, people drowning in the sea in the center an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of a military procession with cannons, horsemen and foot soldiers crossing an open landscape toward distant hills.

A procession of horsemen and cannons in the middle ground walking to the left, a cannon and two men to left, from "Pe…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of a cavalry battle with smoke, fallen horsemen and horses, and a distant army beneath hills.

A battle on horseback, from "Peace and War" (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of a fortress gate with soldiers, cannons, a woman and child by a fire, and a banner reading Et Pace Et Bello.

An entrance to a fortress in center, a woman with child seated by a fire to right, soldiers gather to right and in ce…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of cannon carriages moving left, horsemen fighting and a dead horse on the right, with smoke over a bridge battle.

A procession of horse-drawn cannon carriages to left, horsemen in combat and a dead horse to right, battle on a bridg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of a wooded landscape with hills, a ruined structure, foreground figures, and a horseman among trees.

Earth, four figures in foreground to left, hills to left in the background, many trees to right in the background, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a three-masted ship tossed by stormy waves beside a rocky outcrop under heavy clouds and rain.

Water, a ship at sea during a storm, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

Etching of three figures battling wind on a path, with bent trees on the right and a distant village under cloudy sky.

Air, a landscape during a hurricane, three horsemen battling the wind, a mass of trees to the right, from "The Four E…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a burning ship with billowing smoke beside a flotilla of sailing warships and small boats on open water.

Fire, a flotilla on fire in center and to the right, two boats full of people to left, from "The Four Elements" (Les…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

Reddish-brown print of a stag and doe leaping right while two hunting dogs chase them across a landscape.

Stag and doe running towards the right, two dogs behind them to left, from "Hunts of various animals" (Chasses à diff…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651-57

Etching of a walled city with church towers across a plain, with mounted soldiers and marching infantry in the foreground.

Plan and view of the city of Arras

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etched title page with a symmetrical acanthus frieze, two bears at the corners, and a central dedicatory inscription.

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli, ca. 1625

Engraving of a muscular armored figure with a shield beneath a trophy of helmet, crossed arrows, ribbons, and a winged putto.

Trophy

Master FG, mid-16th century

Etching of a waterfall between rocky cliffs with cattle, goats and a seated woman under trees in the foreground.

A waterfall descending from the mountains in the center background, various animals and a woman and child beneath a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641