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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
about 1640–42

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Sheet: 35.9 x 46.3 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13996
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 23, ii/ii; Bellini 18, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch 23, iii/iii; Cropper 61, iii/iii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897