Alexander de Grote instrueert de Macedonische soldaten, Antonio Tempesta, 1608

Title(s)

Alexander de Grote instrueert de Macedonische soldaten
De daden van Alexander de Grote (series title)
Alexandri magni praecipvae res gestae (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-G-102

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 485-1(2)
• The Illustrated Bartsch 547
• Bartsch 545-556

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’
• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• number: ‘3’

Description

Alexander de Grote zit te paard, op de rug gezien, en instrueert zijn leger van Macedonische soldaten. Vierregelig vers in het Latijn in twee kolommen in ondermarge.

Artist

• printmaker: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Johannes Baptista Vrints (I)
• Karel III van Croÿ (hertog van Aarschot)
• Johannes Baptista Vrints (I)

Place

printmaker: Italy
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

1608

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 224 mm × width 285 mm

What

• battles of Alexander
• the soldier; the soldier's life
• warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Who

• Alexander de Grote

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Antonio Tempesta, Eckhard Leuschner, p. 83, cat.nr. 485
• Italian masters of the sixteenth century, Sebastian Buffa, p. 275, cat.nr. 547
• Le peintre graveur: [vol. 17: peintres ou dessinateurs italiens : maîtres du seizième siècle, 2], Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 17, p. 143, cat.nr. 545-556