1620 Original Antonio Tempesta etching/early impression

1620 Original Antonio Tempesta etching/early impression (image 1/1)
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1620 Original Antonio Tempesta etching in early impression A fine etching in the sensitive style of the Northern Italian Schools The design of the women sometimes let's think about those of Parmigianino Excellent plate tone and the little scratches from the uncleaned copper plate typical for very early impressions. Antonio Tempesta, Italian, 1555 - 1630 A similar etching is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Apulus pastor in oleastrum transit (The Apulian Shepherd Changed into an Olive Tree), from the series Ovid*s Metamorphoses , 17th century Etching Etching 10.4 x 11.9 cm Click to see the link Inventor: Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) This painter engraver from Florence is an important link between the Flemish and Italian art. He was a pupil of Jan Van Der Straet (Stradanus) who was born in Bruges-Flanders. As a painter he was important and his fresco of hunting scenes and battle scenes are estimated. Antonio, perhaps even more then Rembrandt saw the etching technique as the medium to express his art. He made a larger amount of them and specialized in the study of horses who are, in his oeuvre of an exceptional quality. Antonio Tempesta was a painter, draftsman, and prolific etcher from Florence. He received his artistic training from the Flemish artist Jan van der Straet (1523–1605), better known read more
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