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Plate 13: Gideon Choosing his Soldiers, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament'

ca. 1590–ca. 1610

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Etching

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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The Last Judgment with Christ on a Could above and with the damned below

1600–22

A Hunting Party

ca. 1555–65

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Plate 105: Diana aiming her bow toward Chione, who is accompanied by two children, in another scene at left Mercury approaches the sleeping Chione, from a series illustrating 'The Metamorphoses' of Ovid

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Six Cavalrymen in Combat, from Battle Scenes I

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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 12 with the Southwestern Border of the City and a Large Cartouche with Signature by Tempesta.

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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 11 with the San Pancrazio (left bank)

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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 10 with the Tiber and the Villa Farnesina

1645

Plan of the City of Rome: sheet 9 with the Piazza Navona, the Campo di Fiore and the Sant' Onofrio

1645