Plate 24: Belagio, Governor of Egypt, Disregards the Saint's Plea not to Persecute the Christians Lest he Incur the Wrath of God, from 'The Life of Saint Anthony the Abbot'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Antonio Tempesta|Giovanni Orlandi
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome|Italian, active Rome, then Naples, from ca. 1590–1613, died 1640
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1598
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (23.5 × 16.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951