Plate 9: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon, from "The Deeds of

An etching of a triumphal procession: a crowned, armored commander in a chariot points ahead while attendants, horses and a dense crowd fill the scene. A kneeling man at left offers a bundle of papers, and a spectator with a helmeted companion watches from the foreground. Two lines of Latin caption run along the bottom edge.

Look closer: Latin caption lines along the bottom edge, with the plate number IX at center.

Artist

Antonio Tempesta

Date

1608

Medium

Etching, first state of two (Bartsch)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3498 × 2684 px

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