The Sacrifice of Abraham

c. 1640/1642

Pietro Testa

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1650

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 29.6 × 23.6 cm (11 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.65.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Raffaele Alianello (1908-1988), Andria (Bari), Rome & Naples (Lugt 5k)

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.

1988

  • Cropper, Elizabeth. Pietro Testa 1612 - 1650: Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia, 1988: no. 71

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at bottom right, in brown ink, in later hand: no:416:

Markings

recto: none; verso: Collezione Alianello (Lugt 5k)

Wikidata ID

Q65576291

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