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Drawing

1625-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Testa, Pietro (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Three Saints, one of them female, offering their devotions to the Virgin Mary, who is enthroned with angels hovering above, and the infant St. John seated on the steps playing; Very slightly executed with a pen charged with bistre.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Very slightly executed with a pen charged with bistre
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Brief description
Testa, Pietro; Three Saints, one of them female, offering their devotions to the Virgin Mary, who is enthroned with angels hovering above, and the infant St. John seated on the steps playing; Pen charged with bistre; Italian; 1625-1650.
Physical description
Three Saints, one of them female, offering their devotions to the Virgin Mary, who is enthroned with angels hovering above, and the infant St. John seated on the steps playing; Very slightly executed with a pen charged with bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.8in
  • Width: 10.5in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Woman
Angels
Child
Virgin Mary
St John
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume II. 17th-18th century, London, 1979, p. 97 The following is the full text of the entry. NAPLES: mid 17th century 844 The Virgin and Child enthroned, worshipped by saints Pen and ink, with one figure faintly sketched in black chalk 12 7/8 x 10 1/2 (327 x 267) Dyce 201 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 201 (as by Pietro Testa) All the scholars who have seen this drawing agree in doubting the attribution to Testa. The drawing is probably by a Neapolitan artist, about 1650.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.201

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2009
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