De olifanten van Hannibal steken de rivier de Rhône over, Antonio Tempesta (attributed to), 1565 - 1630

Title(s)

De olifanten van Hannibal steken de rivier de Rhône over
Passaggio degli elefanti di Annibale (title on object)
Beroemde militaire rivieroversteken (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.731

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 574
• The Illustrated Bartsch 625
• Bartsch 625

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De olifanten van Hannibal worden met behulp van vlotten en roeiboten naar de overkant van de rivier de Rhône gebracht.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta (attributed to)

Place

Italy

Dating

1565 - 1630

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 164 mm × width 277 mm

What

• (story of) Hannibal
• crossing a river
• the soldier; the soldier's life
• trunked animals: elephant

Who

• Hannibal Barkas

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Antonio Tempesta, p. 251, cat.nr. 574
• Italian masters of the sixteenth century : Antonio Tempesta, p. 355, cat.nr. 625
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 148, cat.nr. 625