Antonio Tempesta

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome · 140 works on DiscoverArt

Works

The Fall of Phaeton
The Fall of Phaetonafter 1776
Plate 84: Hercules Throwing Lichas into the Sea (Lernaei muneris gerulum in Euboicum mare praecipitat Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 84: Hercules Throwing Lichas into the Sea (Lernaei muneris gerulum in Euboicum mare praecipitat Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 68: Hercules and Cerberus (Cerberum domat Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 68: Hercules and Cerberus (Cerberum domat Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 21: The Rape of Europa (Iupiter tauri imagine Europam rapit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 21: The Rape of Europa (Iupiter tauri imagine Europam rapit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 7: The Flood (Diluvium.), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 7: The Flood (Diluvium.), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 64: Medea Restoring Aeson's Youth (Aesoni decrepito iuventam restituit Medea), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 64: Medea Restoring Aeson's Youth (Aesoni decrepito iuventam restituit Medea), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 6: The Giants Attempting to Storm Olympus (Gigantomachia), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 6: The Giants Attempting to Storm Olympus (Gigantomachia), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Hercules and Cerberus: Hercules grasps the collar of Cerberus, two demons appear at left, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and Cerberus: Hercules grasps the collar of Cerberus, two demons appear at left, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 80: Ceres' Nymph Telling Famine to Strike Erysichthon (Insatiabili fame Erisichtonem torquet Fames), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 80: Ceres' Nymph Telling Famine to Strike Erysichthon (Insatiabili fame Erisichtonem torquet Fames), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 115: The Rape of Caenis (Caenis in virginitatis amißae solatium in virum fortiß.m a Neptuno transformatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 115: The Rape of Caenis (Caenis in virginitatis amißae solatium in virum fortiß.m a Neptuno transformatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 126: Aeneas and Anchises (AEnea in perentem pietas), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 126: Aeneas and Anchises (AEnea in perentem pietas), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
God Creating the Animals
God Creating the Animalsca. 1590–1630
Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna: Hercules grasps his club with both hands and confronts the seven-headed hydra, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna: Hercules grasps his club with both hands and confronts the seven-headed hydra, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 5: The Tomb of Mausolus, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World'
Plate 5: The Tomb of Mausolus, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World'1608
Plate 130: Scylla and Glaucus (Deus marinus effectus Glaucus Scyllae nuptias ambit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 130: Scylla and Glaucus (Deus marinus effectus Glaucus Scyllae nuptias ambit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV'
Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV'late 16th century
Plate 100: Apollo Killing the Serpent Attacking Opheus's Head (Serpens Orphei caput dilaniaturus in saxum ab Apolline convertitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 100: Apollo Killing the Serpent Attacking Opheus's Head (Serpens Orphei caput dilaniaturus in saxum ab Apolline convertitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 13:Jupiter and Callisto (Calisto a Iove comprimitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 13:Jupiter and Callisto (Calisto a Iove comprimitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 1: The Creation of the World (Orbis fabrica), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 1: The Creation of the World (Orbis fabrica), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 145: Hersilia Taken to the Heavens (Hersilia Romuli coniunx in Oram deam a Iunone constituitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 145: Hersilia Taken to the Heavens (Hersilia Romuli coniunx in Oram deam a Iunone constituitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 128: Galatea and Acis Embracing, while Polyphemus Sings for Galatea (Acidis, Galateaeq, furtivi concubitus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 128: Galatea and Acis Embracing, while Polyphemus Sings for Galatea (Acidis, Galateaeq, furtivi concubitus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 66: Cycnus and Hyrie (Cygnus in olorem Hiere in stagnum vertuntur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 66: Cycnus and Hyrie (Cygnus in olorem Hiere in stagnum vertuntur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the foreground and background are fallen and fleeing centaurs, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the foreground and background are fallen and fleeing centaurs, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 23: Cadmus Killing the Serpent (Draco a Cadmo interficitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 23: Cadmus Killing the Serpent (Draco a Cadmo interficitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 58: Apollo Killing Marsyas (Marsyas victus ab Apolline excoriatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 58: Apollo Killing Marsyas (Marsyas victus ab Apolline excoriatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 2: The Creation of Man (Hominis creatio), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 2: The Creation of Man (Hominis creatio), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 111: Aesacus and Hespeia (Aesacus Eperies mortem dolens ex scopulo se praecipitans abit in mergum), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 111: Aesacus and Hespeia (Aesacus Eperies mortem dolens ex scopulo se praecipitans abit in mergum), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 11: Phaeton before Apollo (Funestas ad Phoebum fundit preces.), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 11: Phaeton before Apollo (Funestas ad Phoebum fundit preces.), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 141: The Immortalization of Aeneas (AEneas Humitio flumine ablutus in Indigitem), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 141: The Immortalization of Aeneas (AEneas Humitio flumine ablutus in Indigitem), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 104: Peleus Embracing Thetis (Peleus Thetide vinculis coarctata potitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 104: Peleus Embracing Thetis (Peleus Thetide vinculis coarctata potitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 7: The Pyramids in Egypt, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World'
Plate 7: The Pyramids in Egypt, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World'1608
Hercules and  Achelous: at center Hercules grasps the horns of a bull while pressing his right foot onto its leg, at left Hercules wrestles a serpent, at right Hercules wrestles a male figure on the ground, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and Achelous: at center Hercules grasps the horns of a bull while pressing his right foot onto its leg, at left Hercules wrestles a serpent, at right Hercules wrestles a male figure on the ground, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Hercules and the Hind of Mount Cerynea: Hercules strides alongside the hind and grasps the base of one antler with his right hand, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Hind of Mount Cerynea: Hercules strides alongside the hind and grasps the base of one antler with his right hand, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 3: The Age of Gold (Aetas aurea), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 3: The Age of Gold (Aetas aurea), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right,  from The Seven Wonders of the World
Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right, from The Seven Wonders of the World1608
Plate 112: Agamemnon Sacrificing Iphigenia (Iphigenia Agamemnoni immolanda, à Diana (cerva eius in locum substituta) surripitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 112: Agamemnon Sacrificing Iphigenia (Iphigenia Agamemnoni immolanda, à Diana (cerva eius in locum substituta) surripitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 87: Dryope Changed into a Lotus Tree (Driope in arboris formam transmigrat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 87: Dryope Changed into a Lotus Tree (Driope in arboris formam transmigrat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 131: Scylla Changed by Circe's Spell (Scylla Circes veneficÿs in monstrum marinum), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 131: Scylla Changed by Circe's Spell (Scylla Circes veneficÿs in monstrum marinum), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Hercules and the Serpent Ladon: Hercules draws his bow, the rearing serpent appears in profile, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Hercules and the Serpent Ladon: Hercules draws his bow, the rearing serpent appears in profile, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'1608
Plate 71: Procris Killed by Cephalus's Javelin (Procridem inscius interficit Cephalus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 71: Procris Killed by Cephalus's Javelin (Procridem inscius interficit Cephalus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 107: The Wreck of Ceyx's Ship (Ceyx Clarium oraculum petens, tempstate in Aegeo mari obruitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 107: The Wreck of Ceyx's Ship (Ceyx Clarium oraculum petens, tempstate in Aegeo mari obruitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 129: Acis Killed by Polyphemus (Acidem Scolpulo orbruit Polyphemus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 129: Acis Killed by Polyphemus (Acidem Scolpulo orbruit Polyphemus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 124: Hecuba and the Trojan Women Murdering Polymestor (Hecuba Polymnestori oculos ervit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 124: Hecuba and the Trojan Women Murdering Polymestor (Hecuba Polymnestori oculos ervit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 132: Jupiter Changing the Cercopians into Monkeys (Cercopes bonorum insidiatores in Simias Iupiter transformat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 132: Jupiter Changing the Cercopians into Monkeys (Cercopes bonorum insidiatores in Simias Iupiter transformat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 82: Hercules and Acheloüs (Luctatur, et vincit Acheolum Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 82: Hercules and Acheloüs (Luctatur, et vincit Acheolum Hercules), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 79: Ceres Ordering Erysichthon's Punishment (Ceres ad Famem Mypham in Erisichtonis paenam amandat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 79: Ceres Ordering Erysichthon's Punishment (Ceres ad Famem Mypham in Erisichtonis paenam amandat), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 12: The Death of Phaeton (Phaetonis casus.), from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Plate 12: The Death of Phaeton (Phaetonis casus.), from Ovid's Metamorphoses1606
Plate 98: The Metamorphosis of Adonis (Apri dente Adonis interimitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 98: The Metamorphosis of Adonis (Apri dente Adonis interimitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 15: The Daughter of Croneus Changed into a Cow (Coronis in cornicem transformatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 15: The Daughter of Croneus Changed into a Cow (Coronis in cornicem transformatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 8: The Rebirth of Mankind (Reparatio generis humani), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 8: The Rebirth of Mankind (Reparatio generis humani), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 137: Canens Searching for Pics (Uxor Pici nomine Canens in auram mutatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 137: Canens Searching for Pics (Uxor Pici nomine Canens in auram mutatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Rearing Horse and Rider
Rearing Horse and Riderc. 1600?
Plate 29: Bacchus Changing his Kidnappers into Monsters (Tyrrheni nautae in Dlephinos), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 29: Bacchus Changing his Kidnappers into Monsters (Tyrrheni nautae in Dlephinos), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 116: The Battle of the Lapithae and the Centaurs (Caeneus in Perithoi nuptijs a Centauris interficitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 116: The Battle of the Lapithae and the Centaurs (Caeneus in Perithoi nuptijs a Centauris interficitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Judith and Holofernes
Judith and HolofernesAfter 1613
Plate 86: The Birth of Hercules (Iuno compreßis genibus Alcumenae partum differt), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 86: The Birth of Hercules (Iuno compreßis genibus Alcumenae partum differt), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606
Plate 105: Diana aiming her bow toward Chione, who is accompanied by two children, in another scene at left Mercury approaches the sleeping Chione, from a series illustrating 'The Metamorphoses' of Ovid
Plate 105: Diana aiming her bow toward Chione, who is accompanied by two children, in another scene at left Mercury approaches the sleeping Chione, from a series illustrating 'The Metamorphoses' of Ovid1606
Plate 67: Medea Destroying Jason's Family and Home (Trucidatis liberis Medea fugam capeßit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Plate 67: Medea Destroying Jason's Family and Home (Trucidatis liberis Medea fugam capeßit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'1606

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