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Antonio Tempesta
Erichthonius Released from His Basketpublished 1606

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Engraving on cream paper depicting three women in flowing robes reacting with raised arms to a child-serpent hybrid and coiled snake emerging from an open wicker basket

Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson, Erichthonius Released from His Basket, 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
Title
Erichthonius Released from His Basket
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (10.48 × 12.07 cm) Image: 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (10.48 × 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.98
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.