Pietro Testa
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Selected Works34

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 1645
Acquired 2025
Etching in red on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Prodigal Son Among the Swine
Prodigal Son Among the Swine, 1645
Acquired 2025
Etching on ivory laid paper
LACMA
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus, 1644
Acquired 2002
Etching
Art Institute of Chicago
Venus and Adonis
Venus and Adonis, 1631
Acquired 1999
Etching on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Dream of Saint Joseph
The Dream of Saint Joseph, 1635
Acquired 1999
Etching on cream laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus, 1645
Acquired 1997
Etching
Art Institute of Chicago
The Sacrifice of Isaac
The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1640
Acquired 1994
Etching on ivory laid paper
LACMA
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1640
Acquired 1994
Etching
LACMA
The Symposium of Plato
The Symposium of Plato, 1648
Acquired 1990
Etching

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
A Youth favoured by Fortune
A Youth favoured by Fortune
Sold
Jul 2025
Christie's
Fragment of a terracotta plaque with a dancing maiden and a candelabrum
Fragment of a terracotta plaque with a dancing maiden and a candelabrum
$7,560
Feb 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Achilles Dragging Hector's Corpse around the Walls of Troy
Achilles Dragging Hector's Corpse around the Walls of Troy
$875
Apr 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
Prodigal Son Wasting his Substance * Return of the Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son Wasting his Substance * Return of the Prodigal Son
Sold
Apr 2024
Christie's
Le combat des quatre éléments (recto) ; Esquisse d'une figure (verso)
Le combat des quatre éléments (recto) ; Esquisse d'une figure (verso)
Sold
Mar 2023
Christie's
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son, 1645
$8,820
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
The Sacrifice of Isaac by his Father Abraham (Bartsch 2)
The Sacrifice of Isaac by his Father Abraham (Bartsch 2)
£1,000 ($2k USD)
Dec 2022
Sotheby's
A Youth favored by Fortune
A Youth favored by Fortune
Sold
Jan 2022
Christie's
The Prophecy of Basilides
The Prophecy of Basilides
£40,000 ($53k USD)
Dec 2018
Christie's
Pan embracing Venus watched by Cupid
Pan embracing Venus watched by Cupid
£7,500 ($10k USD)
Sep 2016
Christie's
The Rape of Ganymede
The Rape of Ganymede
£3,000 ($4k USD)
Jul 2012
Christie's
The Four Cardinal Virtues appearing to Saint Jerome
The Four Cardinal Virtues appearing to Saint Jerome
$35,850
Jan 2004
Christie's
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
£23,900 ($32k USD)
Jul 2003
Forum Auctions · Artsy
Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interrupted by Acibiades at left
Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interrupted by Acibiades at left, 1648
Bidding closed
Etching

For Sale

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Venus in a Garden with Cupids
Venus in a Garden with Cupids
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Infant Christ at the Foot of the Cross
The Infant Christ at the Foot of the Cross
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Allegory of Painting
Allegory of Painting
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Sacrifice of Abraham
The Sacrifice of Abraham
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Parnassus
Parnassus
For sale
Etching
Getty Research Institute · Artsy
Il liceo della pittvra
Il liceo della pittvra, 1638
For sale
Etching, b and w
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Young Woman, Surrounded by Cupids
Young Woman, Surrounded by Cupids
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Venus and Adonis
Venus and Adonis, 1631
For sale
Etching on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Resurrection
The Resurrection, 1640
For sale
Pen and brown ink over black chalk
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Self-Portrait
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.694 · Etching in red on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Prodigal Son Among the Swine
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.693 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession M.2012.177.9 · Etching
Gift of Myron Laskin
The prodigal son seated at the base of a tree among swine, his gaze directed upward and his hands folded at his chest, surrounded by a wooded landscape and a pigsty
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.423 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.422 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2002 · Accession M.2002.175.2 · Etching
Gift of Andrea and Jeanne Rothe
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2002 · Accession M.2002.135 · Etching
Graphic Arts Council Fund
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2001 · Accession M.2001.73.1 · Etching
Purchased with funds provided by Neal Castleman and Ellen Hoffman-Castleman by exchange
Venus and Adonis
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1998.855 · Etching on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Gift of Pia Gallo in honor of Anselmo Carini
The Dream of Saint Joseph
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.3 · Etching on cream laid paper
Purchased with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. Martin Gecht
The Triumph of the Virtuous Artist on Parnassus
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1997 · Accession BF.1997.35 · Etching
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
The school of painting (Il Liceo della Pittura)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1996 · Accession 1996.507 · Etching
Gift of Juanita and Phillip Greenspan, in memory of their mothers, Ann Rose Tice and Clara Greenspan, 1996
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Market1 auction results

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$7.6K – $7.6K
1 of 2 works on paper lots with prices
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$7.6K
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$7.6K
1 priced works on paper lots
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Feb 2025 · $7.6K
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Works on paper: $7.6K medianPaintings: — medianEditioned prints: $5.2K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Christie'sGalerie BassengeSotheby'sTajanCasa d'Aste Pandolfini
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Recent Activity2

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event
death
Pietro Testa dies
Jan 1, 1650
event
birth
Pietro Testa born
Jan 1, 1611