Varia tormentorum et supplicioru crudelium (...)

About this artwork

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een reeks van 47 prenten (+ titelprent) met voorstellingen van martelmethoden. Deze prenten zijn in een andere editie gebruikt als illustraties voor Antonio Gallonio's 'Trattato degli Instrumenti di Martirio e delle Varie Maniere di Martoriare Usate dai Gentili contro Christiani' (Rome, Ascanio en Girolamo Dongangeli, 1591).

About the Artist

Antonio Tempesta · 1555–1630

Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), known as 'Il Tempestino,' was a Florentine painter and printmaker whose extraordinary output of approximately 1,700 etchings made him one of the most influential printmakers of the early Baroque period. Born in Florence and trained under Santi di Tito and the Flemish master Joannes Stradanus, he enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno in 1576 before relocating to Rome i...