Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Q: When was "Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1630–31.

Q: Is "Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague" in the public domain?

Yes, Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Pietro Testa|Callisto Ferranti

ca. 1630–31

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in. (27.6 x 19.6 cm) sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 1/16 in. (28.1 x 20.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number

47.100.730

About the Artist

Pietro Testa|Callisto Ferranti · 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...

Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

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