Frontispiece from Desseins de quelques condiutes de troupes canons et attaques de ville faictes par de la Bella
Gerard Valck, Dutch, 1651 - 1726
after Stefano Della Bella, Italian, 1610 - 1664
about 1671
Etching on laid paper
Sheet: 2 3/16 × 4 3/4 in. (5.5 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert Dance, Class of 1977
PR.993.42.24
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, center: DESSEINS DE QVELQVES CONDIVITES DE troupes Canons et ataques de Villes faictes Par de la Bella G. Valck excu.
Label
Much like Jacques Callot’s etchings, this series of prints examines the human effects of the Thirty Years War (1618–1648). First designed by the Italian artist Stefano della Bella, who lived in France for much of his life, these prints were made and distributed by the Dutch printmaker Gerard Valck, who replicated the earlier series. Published after the war had ended, these works present a historical record of discrete moments from the long-lasting struggle, focusing on unnamed villages and towns. The prints highlight the suffering of a few figures in the foreground against a background that alludes to the extent of the trauma experienced across the European continent.
From the 2023 exhibition Recording War: Images of Violence 1500 – 1900, curated by Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Curator of Academic Programming
Course History
Anthropology 3.01, Introduction to Anthropology, Charis Ford Morrison Boke 1, Summer 2023
Studio Art 27.01/28.01/74.01, Printmaking I/II/III, Josh Dannin, Summer 2023
Facilitated Experience: Special Tour - From Goya to Photojournalism, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Recording War: Images of Violence, 1500-1900, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 23-December 9, 2023.
Provenance
Robert Dance, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1993.
Catalogue Raisonne
Reverse copy of De Vesme no. 246
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