Artist
Pietro Testa
Pietro Testa is a Baroque artist. 33 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art.
Pietro Testa (1612 – 1 March 1650) 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.
Works by Pietro Testa
Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus
Hl. Hieronymus
Presentation of the Virgin into the Temple
The Resurrection
The Dead Christ mourned by Angels
The Sacrifice of Abraham
Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector
The Adoration of the Magi
The Infant Christ Embracing the Cross (The Dream of Joseph)
Parnassus
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Venus in a Garden with Cupids
Young Woman, Surrounded by Cupids (The Garden of Charity, vertical version)
An Allegory in Honor of Innocent X
Venus and Adonis
Il Liceo della Pittura
Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome
The Symposium
The Triumph of Painting on Parnassus
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Kneeling Angel
The Vision of Saint Angelus
The Prophecy of Basilides
33 works in the catalog · 24 shown
Collections represented
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