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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1284
People
Pietro Testa, Italian (Lucca, Italy 1611 - 1650 Rome, Italy)
Title
Prodigal Son among the Swine
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Prodigal Son
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1645
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248632

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 20.5 x 30.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Testa in. fec. Roma
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite, hand written: price inscr. by JWR[?]: 2[.]50
  • inscription: lower left corner of design, printer's ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: signature: Testa in. fec. Roma
  • watermark: illegible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 7; Bellini 23; Cropper 97

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1284
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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