- Pietro Testa
( Italian, 1611 - 1650 )
Achilles on the Back of the Centaur Chiron (also The Education of Achilles), c. 1650
Inventory # IE056
Original etching on laid paper with watermark of fleur-de-lys in a circle surrounded by a crown. Signed in the plate: "Petrus Testa inventor" indicates that Pietro prepared the compostion and Giovanni Cesare executed the etching. Name of publisher inscribed in the plate, lower left margin: "Gio: Iacomo de Rossi formis Romae alla Pace". In very good condition, currently unframed.
Platemark: 10 7/8" x 16", Sheet size: 16 1/4" x 20 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Cropper 120
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