Alexandri magni praecipvae res gestae
Antonio Tempesta
1596 - 1652
Medium
etching
Dimensions
224; 285
About this artwork
Het leger van Alexander de Grote in gevecht met het Perzische leger. Op de voorgrond de Perzische koning Darius die wegvlucht van de strijd. Vierregelig vers in het Latijn in twee kolommen in ondermarge.
About the Artist
Antonio Tempesta · 1555–1630
Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), known as 'Il Tempestino,' was a Florentine painter and printmaker whose extraordinary output of approximately 1,700 etchings made him one of the most influential printmakers of the early Baroque period. Born in Florence and trained under Santi di Tito and the Flemish master Joannes Stradanus, he enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno in 1576 before relocating to Rome i...