Who created "The Garden of Charity"?

The Garden of Charity was created by Pietro Testa in ca.1631–37.

When was "The Garden of Charity" created?

This artwork was created ca.1631–37.

What medium is "The Garden of Charity"?

The Garden of Charity is Etching.

Is "The Garden of Charity" in the public domain?

Yes, The Garden of Charity is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Garden of Charity

Pietro Testa

ca.1631–37

Medium

Etching

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.70.3(47)

About the Artist

Pietro Testa · 1612–1650

Pietro Testa was born in Lucca in 1612 and, in accordance with the conventions of Italian artistic training, made his way to Rome while still young. There he studied under two of the leading painters of the early seventeenth century: Domenichino, from whom he absorbed a taste for classical restraint and narrative clarity, and Pietro da Cortona, whose more exuberant Baroque manner offered a contras...

The Garden of Charity

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