Serenissimo Principi Cosmo II. Magno Hetrvriae Dvci Antonius Tempesta felicitatem: Imagines acierum, ac pr[a]eliorum ueteris Testamenti à me pictur[a]e artificio repr[a]esentatas Tibi Magne Dux Cosme dedico, ut que[m]admodum ego summ[a]e mihi felicitati duco, sub Hetrusco c[a]elo tu[a]e ditionis imperio in lucem prodijsse ita h[a]e felicibus Auspicijs in ora hominum ueniant augustissimi nominis tui patrocinio comendat[a]e
A 1628 set of Old Testament battle scenes engraved after paintings by Antonio Tempesta and dedicated to Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, with Latin verses below each plate. The pictures show crowded combat of horsemen, chariots and foot soldiers, with dense overlapping figures, rearing horses and smoke-filled distances that a designer could use as a study in dynamic battle composition and crowd staging.
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