Artist

Pietro Testa

1612–1650

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

Pietro’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'

Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Venus and Adonis

Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

The Dream of Saint Joseph

Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Mars Sending Gorgon to Slay the Arts

Possibly after Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Group of Shepherds and a Ram

Follower of Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Studies for Thieves on the Cross (recto), Sketch of Figures (verso)

Attributed to Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

God the Father in Glory

Possibly after Pietro Testa (Italian, 1611/12-1650) or after Jacques Stella (French, 1596-1657)

Bacchante

After Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Damnation of Heresy

After Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Portrait of Pietro Testa

After Pietro Testa Italian, 1611/12-1650

Prodigal Son Among the Swine

Pietro Testa Italian, 1612-1650

Self-Portrait

Pietro Testa Italian, 1612-1650

St. John the Baptist

Circle of Bartolomé Estéban Murillo (Spanish, 1618-1682) or Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642) or Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650)

Martyre de Saint Ange, Carme (Martyrdom of Saint Angelo of Jerusalem, Carmelite), from Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France (Cabinet Crozat)

Anne Claude de Caylus (French, 1692-1765) and Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691-1764) after Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650)

Bacchanale, with Satyr Playing Reeds

Circle of Bartolomeo Biscaino (Italian, 1632-1657) or Pietro Testa (Italian, 1611/12-1650)

Hercules and Antaeus

Attributed to Pietro Tacca (Italian, 1577–1640) After Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)

The Dance

Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)

Lady at Her Toilette

Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)

Hercules and Lichas

Attributed to Pietro Tacca (Italian, 1577–1640) After Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)