Title: Plate 8: Alexander Encircling the Enemy Troops with Fire, from "The Deeds of Alexander the Great"
Object type: Print
Date: 1608
Portfolio: The Deeds of Alexander the Great
Artist:  Antonio Tempesta 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching, first state of two (Bartsch)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (22.3 × 28.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Wars, term: Weapons, term: Alexander The Great, term: Horses