In the late 16th century, when the Renaissance was at its height in Italy, a young artist from Florence began to leave his mark on art history. Antonio Tempesta, born around 1555, was a man whose diverse talents and visionary work significantly influenced the evolution of art from Mannerism to the early Baroque. A pupil of Jan van der Straet, also known as Stradanus, Tempesta probably collaborated on the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio and parts of the corridor of the Uffizi before deciding to unleash most of his creative energy in Rome. Through his captivating compositions and unique sense of aesthetic clarity and narrative consistency, he helped shape the transition from the extravagant forms of Mannerism to the dramatic clarity of the early Baroque.
Around 1580, Tempesta moved to Rome and began to pursue printmaking. His work includes not only paintings, drawings, and etchings, but also fine art prints that we are proud to reproduce today in the highest quality. Tempesta was known for his incredible productivity and created about 1700 etchings, depicting biblical as well as historical and mythological subjects. He developed a remarkable variety of subjects, including famous battle scenes, depictions of animals, and even a cycle of horse depictions inspired by works by his teacher Stradanus. Tempesta also demonstrated his innovative spirit in printmaking by having many of his etchings, including the 150 scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, printed and published in Antwerp rather than Rome.
Later in his life, Tempesta turned to a particularly fascinating art form: painting on stone. He produced a large number of paintings on marble, alabaster, and lapis lazuli that immediately became part of the collections of Roman nobility and were sought after internationally. Among his pupils was the Lorraine artist Claude Deruet, who probably learned etching from Tempesta. To this day, Antonio Tempesta's works remain an inspiration to artists and art lovers worldwide, and his inventions were significant sources of inspiration for artists of the 17th and 18th centuries. Our high-quality art prints are also designed to carry on the artistic spirit of Antonio Tempesta and honor his incomparable contribution to art history. We are proud to preserve and celebrate the rich legacy of this extraordinary artist through our reproductions.
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Christus_Maria_en_de_a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360447).jpg "Saint Matthias by Antonio Tempesta")
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Dieren_en_fabelwezens_(series_title)Nova_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364122).jpg "Hedgehog by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Alexander the Great Finds the Body of Darius (The Deeds of Alexander the Great) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Dieren_en_fabelwezens_(series_titl_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362459).jpg "Beaver Hippopotamus / Hipopotamo (title on object) Animals and Mythical Creatures (series title) Nova Raccolta de li Animali Piu Curiosi del Mondo (series title) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 6: The Giants Attempting to Storm Olympus Gigantomachia, from Ovid")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules Holds the Head of a Centaur with His Left Hand and Raises His Club, 1608 by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Torture with Sharp Points and Wheels by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Torture with Boiling Oil (Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs) by Antonio Tempesta")
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His_ducibus_p_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361446).jpg "Two Mating Horses (Horses from Different Countries) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Charles V Orders the Construction of a Monastery, 1555, No. 8 (Scenes from the Life of Charles V) by Cornelis Boel")
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.jpg "Crucifixion (series title: Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs) (series title: Various Torments and Cruel Punishments) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Torture: Dropping on Sharp Points (Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 12: Pulling a Vessel Loaded with Grain to Shore, from The War of the Romans Against..., 1611 by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules and Cerberus: Hercules grasps the collar of Cerberus, two demons appear at left by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes: Hercules Grasps the Bridle of a Rearing Horse by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Torture with Hammers While Hanging by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362324).jpg "Saint Philip by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Theseus and the Minotaur from The Metamorphoses by Antonio Tempesta")
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Herculi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359275).jpg "Hercules Killing the Dragon Ladon by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Titlepage to Ovid")
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.jpg "Plate 10: The Fall of Jericho, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-978546).jpg "Apollo at Vulcan")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359937).jpg "Two Mating and Two Fighting Dogs Fighting Animals (series title) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Oxen of Geryones by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Rearing Horse and Rider by Antonio Tempesta")
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Hercul_-_(MeisterDrucke-1332342).jpg "Hercules Tending the Herd of Geryon by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Plate 12: Emperor Domitian on Horseback Facing Right from the")
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.jpg "Plate 4: Emperor Gaius on Horseback, from")
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.jpg "Plate 16: David Killing Goliath, from")
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.jpg "Torture with Sword, Spear, and Bow and Arrow (series title: Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules Captures the Erymanthian Boar (Herculean Themes) by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "H. Antonius Brings His Sister to the Nuns, The Life of Saint Anthony the Great (series title) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 18: Saul")
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.jpg "Torture with Sharp-Pointed Sticks (series title: Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (Herculean Themes) by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Serpent Ladon: Hercules draws his bow, the rearing serpent appears by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "The Angel of the Lord Vanquishing the Army of Sennacherib by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules Fighting the Hydra of Lerna (Herculean Themes) by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Plate 26: Cerialis Pardons and Relieves Roman Soldiers who had Helped Civilis, from The War by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362870).jpg "God Creates the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (The Creation) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Romans Buying Young Dutch Men from the Dutch Elders (series title: The Batavian Wars Against the Romans) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Metamorphoseon_sive_transfo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363257).jpg "The Silver Age (Metamorphoses by Ovid) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plan of the City of Rome. Part 4 with the Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Forum Romanum by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 7: The Flood, from Ovid")
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_(attributed_t_-_Neptunus_met_de_tritonsMetamorfosen_van_Ovidius_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1383719).jpg "Neptune with the Tritons by Crispijn van de Passe (II) (attributed to)")
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.jpg "Plate 9: The Israelites Battling the Amalekites by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Young Hercules Strangles Two Snakes by Simon Frisius")
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_engraving_Italy_-_(MeisterDrucke-1463100).jpg "Whale hunting (engraving) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 10: Alexander Finding the Body of Darius, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great, 1608 by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362051).jpg "Dragon and Griffin Fighting by Antonio Tempesta")
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_(workshop_of)_-_Apulus_verandert_in_een_olijfboomMetamorfosen_van_Ovidius_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1341506).jpg "Apulus Transformed into an Olive Tree (Metamorphoses of Ovid) by Crispijn van de Passe (II) (workshop of)")
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Dieren_en_fabelwezens_(series_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361669).jpg "Monstrous Creature by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Hercules and the Hind of Mount Cerynea by Antonio Tempesta")
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_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360146).jpg "Lion Hunt (Hunting Scenes, Part 6) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 2: The Romans Taking Old Dutch Men as Hostages and Seducing Young Ones, from The War by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 30: Cerialis Driving the Dutch into the Rhine, from The War of the Romans Against th..., 1611 by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Lion Hunt, from")
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.jpg "Plate 34: The Romans Burning the Dutch Countryside, from The War of the Romans Against the... by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Four Men Pulling the Limbs of a Saint (Tortures Endured by Christian Martyrs series) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 3: The Age of Gold Aetas aurea, from Ovid")
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.jpg "Bear Hunt, from")
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.jpg "Young Hercules Strangling Two Snakes (Herculean Themes series) by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Plate 11: Titus Vespasian on Horseback Facing Right from the")
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.jpg "Nessus Attempting to Take Dejanira from Hercules by Antonio Tempesta")
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Herculisc_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360775).jpg "Hercules Fighting the Centaurs by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Plate 2: Abraham Liberating His Nephew Lot, from")
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.jpg "Title Page with Dedication to and Coat of Arms of Cosimo II de")
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.jpg "Plate 16: Roman Captives Before the Old Fortress, from The War of the Romans Against the B... by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Saint Philip Prays for the Souls of Two Brothers (The Life of Philip Benitius) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Dieren_en_fabelwezens_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1411033).jpg "Marmot (title on object) Dieren en fabelwezens (series title) Nova raccolta de li animali piu curiosi del mondo (series title) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Icones_Venantum_Species_V_-_(MeisterDrucke-1330120).jpg "Landscape with Ostrich Hunt (Hunting Scenes, Icones Venantum Species Varias Representantes) by Egbert Jansz.")
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La_vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1356903).jpg "Conquest of Rome, 1527 (Scenes from the Life of Charles V) by Cornelis Boel")
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Twaalf_maanden_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359892).jpg "January by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "St. Simon, from")
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.jpg "Hercules Captures the Hind of Cerynea (Cerva cornibus auratis velocissima capitur) (Herculean Themes) by Simon Frisius")
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Faecvnda_qvam_sit_acris_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1370212).jpg "Cavalryman Addressing Soldiers by Simon Frisius")
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.jpg "Jupiter Transforms the Cercopes into Monkeys (Metamorphoses by Ovid) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Elisha Brings the Blinded Syrian Army to the King of Israel by Antonio Tempesta")
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Twaalf_maanden_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359691).jpg "March by Simon Frisius")
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Twaalf_maanden_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360522).jpg "June (series title: Twelve Months) by Simon Frisius")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359781).jpg "A Dog Fighting with a Cat (Fighting Animals) by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_Polyphemus_betrapt_Acis_en_GalateaMetamorfosen_van_Ovidius_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1382822).jpg "Polyphemus Catches Acis and Galatea by Crispijn van de Passe (II)")
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.jpg "Hercules Captures the Hind of Cerynea by Simon Frisius")
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Dieren_en_fabelwezens_-_(MeisterDrucke-1407920).jpg "Five Stages of a Frog (Animals and Fabulous Creatures, Nova raccolta de li animali piu curiosi del mondo) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Metam_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364941).jpg "The Wish of Semele Semele divino Iovis concubitu occiditur (title on object) Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title) by Antonio Tempesta")
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Faecvnda_qvam_sit_acris_ingeni_viris_dilecta_Pha_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336362).jpg "Battlefield, Cavalry (series title) by Simon Frisius")
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_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1371194).jpg "A Rhinoceros Fighting with an Elephant (Fighting Animals) by Anonymous")
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Metamo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361399).jpg "The Giants Attempt to Attack Olympus (Gigantomachia) (Metamorphoses of Ovid) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 20: Civilis Having his Hair Cut, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians, 1611 by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362217).jpg "Hercules and the Centaurs (The Twelve Labors of Hercules) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Triumphal Procession of Charles V and His Brother Ferdinand I after the Liberation of Vienna, 1529 (Triumphs of Charles V, series title) by Cornelis Boel")
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.jpg "Triumphal Entry of Margaret of Austria into Milan, from The Life of Margaret of Austria, 1612 by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Saint Andrew by Antonio Tempesta")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363367).jpg "Lioness Attacking a Horse (Fighting Animals) by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 23: Conference on What Steps to Take Upon the Romans")
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.jpg "Surprise Attack on the Roman Camp on the Moselle by Antonio Tempesta")
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.jpg "Plate 8: The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea, from")
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Twaalf_maanden_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360093).jpg "Augustus by Simon Frisius")
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