Plate 3: Emperor Tiberius on Horseback, from "The First Twelve Roman C

An etching shows a laurel-crowned rider in armour and flowing cloak, raising his right arm, seated on a rearing horse with a plumed headpiece and jewelled harness. Dense hatching models the armour and the horse's muscular body against a plain background. A caption along the lower edge reads TIBERIVS CAES.

Look closer: A small signature or monogram sits in the lower-left corner of the plate.

Artist

Antonio Tempesta

Date

1596

Medium

Etching; first state of two (Bartsch)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2757 × 3624 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951