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Antonio Tempesta Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Antonio Tempesta Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino (1555 – 5 August 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver, whose art acted as a point of connection between Baroque Rome and the culture of Antwerp. Much of his work depicts major battles and historical figures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Tempesta

Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right,  from The Seven Wonders of the World

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right,  from The Seven Wonders of the World
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

Plate 11: Titus Vespasian on horseback facing right from the 'First Twelve Emperors of Ancient Rome'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Plate 11: Titus Vespasian on horseback facing right from the 'First Twelve Emperors of Ancient Rome'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1951

Plate 12: Emperor Domitian on horseback facing right from the 'First Twelve Emperors of Ancient Rome'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Plate 12: Emperor Domitian on horseback facing right from the 'First Twelve Emperors of Ancient Rome'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1951

Hercules and the Oxen of Geryones: with a club raised by his right hand, Hercules confronts a group of galloping oxen, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Hercules and the Oxen of Geryones: with a club raised by his right hand, Hercules confronts a group of galloping oxen, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

Bear Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes VI'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Bear Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes VI'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1951

Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes: Hercules grasps the bridle of a rearing horse, a second horse tramples a figure in at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes: Hercules grasps the bridle of a rearing horse, a second horse tramples a figure in at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

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'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: 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'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

Hercules strangling the serpents: Hercules grasps two serpents in his crib, Juno points toward the serpents from a mass of cloud at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti
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Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively
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Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo
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