Plate 25: The Roman Commander Cerialis Attacks Near Trier, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)
Medium
Etching, first state of two, issue 1 (Bartsch)
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (16.2 × 20.6 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
51.501.3461
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the turbulent world of ancient Rome with *Plate 25: The Commander Cerialis Attacks Near Trier*, an etching from Otto van Veen's 1611 series *The War of the Romans Against Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)*. by the Flemish artist Otto van Veen, master of historical narratives and teacher to Peter Paul Rubens, and masterfully etched by Italian specialist Antonio Tempesta, this captures a pivotal moment in the Batavian Revolt of 69–70 CE. Here, Roman general Cerialis launches a fierce assault near the city of Trier (modern-day Germany), amidst charging horses and clashing sold...
About the Artist
Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen · 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...