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Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV'
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Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV'

late 16th century

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (19.2 × 27.7 cm) Plate: 5 3/16 × 7 13/16 in. (13.2 × 19.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Antonio Tempesta

1555–1630

Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker whose prolific output of etchings and engravings established him as a crucial bridge between late Mannerism and the early Baroque, connecting the artistic cultures of Florence, Rome, and Antwerp. Born in Florence and trained at the prestigious Florentine Accademia del Disegno, he became one of the most influential printmakers of his era.

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