Pietro Testa
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus

ArtistItalian, 1612–1650
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus
Datec. 1645
MediumEtching
Dimensions415 × 569 mm
Plate or block: 16 3/8 × 22 3/8 in. (41.6 × 56.8 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 17 3/16 × 23 5/16in. (43.7 × 59.2cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.35
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Provenance[Hill-Stone, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription in margin at bottom: All'Ill.mo Sig.r mio Sig.r et Pron Colendis.mo Il Sig.r Fra Gio: Tomaso Rondenino Caualier Gerosolimitano. / Chi camina per la uia della Virtu con la scorta del'lume della sapienza non può far á meno, che la fama non li appresti Corone, e trionfi, V.S. Ill.ma che calca anch'essa il medemo, sentiero miri in questo delineamento del Sig.r Testa espresso un ritratto delle sue uirtuose operationi, egli euenti del suo merito quale incantenera / il tempo eloserberá immortale, ad onta della morte, dall'espressione di questa uerita riconosca V.S. Ill.ma il mio ossequio et humiliss.te me li inchino Di V.S. Ill.ma Deuotissimo et obligatissimo Seruitore Gio: Domenico Rossi. D.D.D.


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