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Plate 15: Illustration for Canto XV, from Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata III"

ca. 1590–1630
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 15: Illustration for Canto XV, from Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata III"
  • Series/Portfolio: Gerusalemme liberata III
  • Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1590–1630
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (35 x 51.5 cm)
    plate: 10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in. (27.5 x 20.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4052
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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