Plate 22: Josaphat Thanking God for His Victory, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament'
ca. 1590–ca. 1610
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (20 × 27.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.3388
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 16th to early 17th century, Italian artist Antonio Tempesta, renowned for his dynamic depictions of battles and hunts in the Mannerist style, *Plate 22: Josaphat Thanking God for Victory*, part of his expansive series *The Battles of the Old*. Collaborating with Flemish publisher Nicolaus van Ael, Tempesta produced this etching around 1590–1610, a pivotal biblical moment from 2 Chronicles 20. King Jehoshat of Judah leads his people in gratitude after a divine victory over invading armies, with musicians playing instruments amid triumphant men and rearing horses, blending reverence ...
About the Artist
Antonio Tempesta|Nicolaus van Aelst · 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...