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Pietro Testa ( il Lucchesino), artist
Italian, 1612 - 1650
The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, 17th century
etching
26.8 x 19.1 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1986.1.342

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Artist Biography: Called il Lucchesino. Born Lucca 1612, worked mostly in Rome, beginning in the studio of Domenichino. Died by his own hand in Rome, 1650.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. W¸rzburg: 1920. vol. 20~Bellini, Paolo and R. Wallace. Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century.The Illustrated Bartsch vol 45, Commentary. New York:1990, Abaris Books.~Cropper, Elizabeth. Pietro Testa. Philadelphia: 1988, Philadelphia Museum of Art.~Reed, Sue Welsh, and R. Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque. Boston: 1989, Museum of Fine Arts.~

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of Martyrdom The Marcus Mrs Mr 10 catalogue c 17th verso LL stamp his Sopher S M 1973 July Barnard Craddock Provenance Europe Italy Print etching right upper niche pedestal ruler Roman angels small two onlookers various trestle cut being Erasmus St Pietro Testa il Lucchesino Italian 3307201301000028 A006338 1986.1.342 AFGA