The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

c. 1640/1642

Pietro Testa

Associated Names
Pietro Testa

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1650

This is a drawing of a mythological scene with a deer and an altar. The scene is set in a detailed environment featuring cloud formations, a tree, and urns. A deer is in the foreground on a platform. Figures in classical garments and armor are gathered around a central altar engulfed in flames. Above, a figure is seated on a cloud with a hunting bow. The composition is rendered in intricate linework.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.66.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 23, State i

Artwork history & notes

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. 23

1988

  • Cropper, Elizabeth. Pietro Testa 1612 - 1650: Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia, 1988: no 61, i/iii?

Wikidata ID

Q65576313

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