Venus in a Garden with Cupids

1633/1634

Pietro Testa

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1650

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession

    1972.66.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 26, State ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 98.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 85, repro.

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

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. 13, iii/v

Wikidata ID

Q65576315


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