Il Liceo della Pittura
c. 1638
Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1650

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 47.1 x 73.7 cm (18 9/16 x 29 in.)
sheet: 48 x 73.7 cm (18 7/8 x 29 in.) -
Accession
2010.135.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 34, State i/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(A & D Martinez, Paris); purchased 2010 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 34 i/iii
1988
Cropper, Elizabeth. Pietro Testa 1612 - 1650: Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia, 1988: no. 41, i/iii
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: INTELLIGENZA / ET / USO / IL / LICEO / DELLA / PITTURA; lower left in plate: La Teorica è per se stesso... / ... pregi di virtu; lower right in plate: Ill. mi R Sig Monsig Girolamo Bonvisi... / ... Humili Ser / Pietro Testa
Watermarks
soldier on an escutcheon
Wikidata ID
Q76557363