Artist: Antonio Tempesta (1555 - 1630), also called il Tempestino, was an Italian painter and engraver.
Title: Boar hunt.
Lettered within the image with production detail: "A T F."
Dimensions: Sheet 7 1/2 x 10 3/8". Backing sheet 11" x 14".
Publisher: Antonio Tempesta.
Edition: Hunting Scenes VII.
Date: 1608.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper mounted alongside the upper part of the print.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. T. XVII. p. 168. No 1151.
Part of: Hunting Scenes.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum X,3.352.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.