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Antonio Tempesta
Agamemnon Sacrificing Iphigeniapublished 1606

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a multi-figure classical scene with a stag at an altar, two robed women, and a kneeling bearded man, with Latin inscription below

Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson, Agamemnon Sacrificing Iphigenia, published 1606, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Italy, Florence, 1555-1630
Publisher
Wilhelm Janson
Holland, Amsterdam
Title
Agamemnon Sacrificing Iphigenia
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (10.48 × 11.75 cm) Image: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (10.48 × 11.75 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.195
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.