Battle Scene 8.Cavalry attack on a walled fortress;
Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1605 - 1621
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
100 x 210 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.3.9
Summary
(Folio 3, recto, upper print) Battle Scene 8.Cavalry attack on a walled fortress; cavalry troops armed with spears and flaming torches charging with two elephants from right towards a fortress behind to left, with archers on the ground shooting arrows up towards the fortress and with enemy archers shooting arrows at them from the fortress battlements; from a series of ten battle scenes.
Makers and roles
Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), painter Callisto Ferranti (fl.1626-1647), publisher