Atalanta and Meleager with Fountains of Versailles
late 17th century
Medium
Wool and silk on canvas (Center: 484-576 tent stitches per sq. inch, 90 per sq. cm. Border: 169 cross-stitches per sq. inch, 25 per sq. cm.)
Dimensions
H. 89 x W. 65 1/2 inches (226.1 x 166.4 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Embroidered
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1962
Accession Number
62.214.2
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About the Artist
Antonio Tempesta|Perelle · 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...