The Triumph of Painting on Parnassus

Pietro Testaca. 1648

Details

Title: The Triumph of Painting on Parnassus
Creator: Pietro Testa after Jacomo de Rossi
Date Created: ca. 1648
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed: In dedication inscription, lower right: "Petrus Testa Lucen"
Print State: Second state?
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Weedon Endowment and purchase funds, 1979
Materials & Techniques: Etching on heavy white laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Keywords: allegory, mythology
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 469 mm x 709 mm (18.46 in. x 27.91 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 35 (second state?)
Associated People: Created by Pietro Testa (Italian, 1611/1612-1650), After Jacomo de Rossi (Italian, active 1648)
Accession Number: 1979.16.1

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