Portrait of Pietro Testa

1645·Brush and brown wash heightened with lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card·37.8 × 25.7 cm (14 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1645
Medium: Brush and brown wash heightened with lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions: 37.8 × 25.7 cm (14 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Pietro Testa

Artist

Pietro Testa

Painting

Pietro Testa was an Italian High Baroque artist active in Rome. He is best known as a printmaker and draftsman. Most of his relatively brief career was spent in Rome in the circle of artists and scholars interested in Classical ideals, who grouped around Cassiano dal Pozzo. Although his public paintings were largely unsuccessful, he was among the finest and most renowned Italian printmakers and draughtsmen of the 17th century.

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