Sunday 10 February 2013

Pietro Testa

Pietro Testa
Pietro Testa (1611–1650) was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.Born in Lucca, thus sometimes called il Lucchesino. Testa moved to Rome early in life. One source states he was ejected from the Cortona studio in 1631, soon after joining the workshop.[1] Others state Testa trained under Pietro Paolini or under Domenichino and then Annibale Carracci, for whom he worked under the patronage of Cassiano dal Pozzo.[2] He was friends with Nicolas Poussin and Francesco Mola.
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