A piece of armour (centre), with winged figures blowing horns over burning altars at the sides; above, figures holding swags with one hand and holding their other hands towards gryphons; below, the head of a man in distress, flanked by dragons. Etching after A. Tempesta, 1609.

  • Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
3298722i
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Publication/Creation

[Amsterdam] : [Frans van den Wijngaerde]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; border 7.1 x 5.4 cm

Lettering

ATf Bears number: X Bears Tempesta's monogram: AT f (for Antonio Tempesta fecit)

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. 17, Vienna 1818, pp. 181-182, no. 1387

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3298722i

Reproduction note

After a print in a series of grotesque ornament prints by Antonio Tempesta, dedicated to prince Marc'Antonio Colonna and published in Rome in 1609

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