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Antonio Tempesta
Pallas Praises Nature at the Birth of the Infantes, Promising to Protect Them from Evil1612

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting seven infants laid on a cloth surrounded by robed women and an armored figure, with Spanish and Latin inscriptions below

Antonio Tempesta, Pallas Praises Nature at the Birth of the Infantes, Promising to Protect Them from Evil, 1612, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Title
Pallas Praises Nature at the Birth of the Infantes, Promising to Protect Them from Evil
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1612
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (18.73 × 20.64 cm) Image: 7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (18.42 × 20.64 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.233
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.