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The Birth and Infancy of Achilles
Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
about 1648–50
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.8 x 42.3 cm (11 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 28.5 x 42.2 cm (11 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 28.5 x 42.2 cm (11 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number67.781
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 21; Bellini 36, i/iv; Illustrated Bartsch 21, i/iv; Cropper 118, i/iv
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Provenance1967, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London to the MFA for £30. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)