Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Monte Pincio Palace and Gardens
mid to late 16th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 15 15/16 x 21 in. (40.5 x 53.4 cm) plate: 17 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (45.6 x 56 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.72(3.63)
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About this artwork
[Research in progress for Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Monte Pincio Palace and Gardens by Antonio Tempesta, mid to late 16th century]
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...