 Tempesta painted frescoes for the Palazzos Colonna, the Doria Pamphilj, and for the Marchese Giustiniani in his Roman palace, where Tempesta collaborated with Paul Bril, and at Bassano di Sutri.He painted a "Massacre of the Innocents" for the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.Tempesta is now best known as a printmaker in etching and engraving.