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After Pietro Testa (1607/11-50)
The Triumph of Painting c. 1642-1700
Pen and brown ink with black wash | 44.7 x 36.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905947
After Pietro Testa (1607/11-50)
The Triumph of Painting c. 1642-1700
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Together with RCIN 905948, this drawing forms a copy after Testa's etching (Bartsch 35): the figure of Painting rides in her chariot, on the right. She is crowned by the Graces, standing behind her. The star she has painted on her shield represents the arms of Testa's patron, Girolamo Buonvisi. The figures to the left inhabit a garden of earthly delights. They represent the passions which Painting must both overcome and express. In the foreground, the man with his hand down the throat of a lion is Magnanimity, the virtue of patronage. Next to him is his opposite, Pusilanimity.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p. 127: 'Various Compositions drawn with a Pen by Pietro Testa, many of them etched by himself')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink with black wash
Measurements
44.7 x 36.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 5947Alternative title(s)
An allegory of Painting
