Triumphal Entry of Margaret of Austria into Milan, from The Life of Margaret of Austria, plate 10
Medium
Etching; first issue of two (Bartsch)
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (28.5 x 20 cm) plate: 5 1/8 x 7 1/16 in. (13 x 18 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.67.7(11)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the dynamic etching *Triumphal Entry of of Austria into Milan*, plate 10 from the series *The Life Margaret of Austria* (1612). Created a collaboration involving artist Antonio Tempesta, publisher Bartolommeo Sermelli e Fratelli, and Altoviti, this captures a grand historical moment: the Habsburg princess Margaret's ceremonial arrival in Milan, surrounded by soldiers on horseback, bearing spears, and an entourage of men in period attire. As of a biographical series, it celebrates political prominence during the early 17th century, evoking the splendor of Renaissance and early Baroque pr...
About the Artist
Giovanni Altoviti|Bartolommeo Sermartelli e Fratelli|Antonio Tempesta (Italian|Italian) · 1565 | –1624 |
Italian, Assisi ca. 1565–1624 Rome|