Title: Plate 2: Emperor Augustus on Horseback, from "The First Twelve Roman Caesars"
Object type: Print
Date: 1596
Portfolio: The First Twelve Roman Caesars
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: 11 13/16 × 8 3/4 in. (30 × 22.2 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: Emperor Augustus