Hannibal steekt de rivier de Rhône over
Antonio Tempesta
1565 - 1630
Medium
etching
Dimensions
164; 277
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Hannibal en het Carthaagse leger steken de rivier de Rhône over met behulp van roeiboten en vlotten. Op de andere oever strijden zij met de Volcae.
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...