Antique Print-SAINT JEROME-HOLY-CRUCIFIX-PUTTI-LANDSCAPE-LION-Testa-c.1631

This print shows St. Jerome before a crucifix accompanied by a lion and three putti.

Made by Pietro Testa after own design.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.3 x 30.5 cm (8.78 x 12.01 inch). Image size: 22.3 x 30.5 cm. (8.78 x 12.01 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Crinkles. Paper loss at left bottom corner. Brownish in edges. Fold in upper right corner and middle. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SAINT JEROME-HOLY-CRUCIFIX-PUTTI-LANDSCAPE-LION | RBOS-A8-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was originally published between 1631-1637. No publisher’s address on this print.

Reference: Bartsch 15.

Biography engraver: Pietro Testa (1612-1650) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker from Lucca, active in Rome and Lucca. He was a pupil of Domenichino and Pietro da Cortona. He was influenced by Poussin.