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Antonio Tempesta
Metamorphosis of the Pieridespublished 1606

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper, multi-figure narrative scene with women transforming into birds, a kneeling male figure with a lyre, and birds in flight above
Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Italy, Florence, 1555-1630
Publisher
Wilhelm Janson
Holland, Amsterdam
Title
Metamorphosis of the Pierides
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.16 × 11.75 cm) Image: 4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.16 × 11.75 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.129
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.