Lucht, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630

Title(s)

Lucht
De vier elementen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-G-161-1

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 800
• Bartsch 800-803

Description

De vrouwelijke personificatie van lucht zwevend op wolken die gedragen worden door de vier winden. Rondom vliegen vogels en insecten.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1565 - 1630

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 132 mm × width 193 mm

What

• air (one of the four elements)
• birds
• the four main directions of the wind

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Italian masters of the sixteenth century : Antonio Tempesta, p. 98, cat.nr. 800
• Le peintre graveur, p. 152, cat.nr. 800-803