Antique Master Print-ANIMAL-HORSES-STAGGERING-FIGHTING-Tempesta-1590

Description

This print shows two horses staggering and fighting. This is plate 28 from a series of 28 plates called: ‘Horses of different lands’.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving on Handlaid (verg?) paper. Watermark: No.

Sheet size: 16 x 13.3 cm (6.3 x 5.24 inch). Image size: 16 x 13.3 cm. (6.3 x 5.24 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Remains of glue on rear, causing creasing in top right corner. Paper loss at bottom paper edges. Trimmed to image. Nice impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANIMAL-HORSES-STAGGERING-FIGHTING | RB-A7-20

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1590.

Biography engraver: Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).