Antonio Tempesta detto il Tempestino (1555-1630), Ferranti Callisto (attivo Roma 1626-1647) - filigrana Scene di Battaglia

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Etching on watermarked laid paper with watermark. Marginal print, excellent inking, and good condition, with traces of foxing, browning, and a small, insignificant defect at the top center as shown in the photo. Insured courier shipment. Originates from a private collection.

Antonio Tempesta was an Italian artist (1555-1630), and Callisto Ferranti was an Italian publisher (active in Rome, 1626-49) who published some of Tempesta's works, particularly prints from the series 'Scenes of Battle.' Their collaborations are known for engraved prints depicting military and battle scenes, roughly dated from 1605 to 1621.

Antonio Tempesta, known as Tempestino (Florence, 1555 – Rome, August 5, 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver from the early Baroque period.

He was formed within the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired through his association with Giovanni Stradano, with whom he collaborated on the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio.

Having moved to Rome in 1573, he worked for Pope Gregory XIII, frescoing some maps in the Hall of Maps in the Vatican, including the famous Map of Rome (1593). In the papal capital, he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese. His works can be found at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, at the Villa of Caprarola, and in Tivoli.

He returned to Florence for a brief stay, where he collaborated with Alessandro Allori, Ludovico Buti, Giovan Maria Butteri, and Ludovico Cigoli on decorating the ceilings of the Uffizi Gallery on the east side, executed with grotesque designs. After moving back to Rome, he increasingly dedicated himself to engraving, which brought him widespread fame and dissemination throughout Europe. The 150 illustrations of the Old Testament, known as the 'Bibbia del Tempesta,' are particularly famous.

He was also a skilled artist, endowed with a particularly theatrical flair, and other artists printed and disseminated his work in drawing.