Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

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Artist: Pietro Testa (Italian, Lucca 1612–1650 Rome)
Date: 1612–50
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk. The sketch of Pegasus in black chalk only. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 13-1/4 x 9-7/16 in. (33.7 x 24 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund,1980
Accession no.: 1980.12

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'
Pietro Testa
1635/37 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005763
Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus
Pietro Testa
ca. 1650 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015830
The Virgin Lamenting over the Dead Christ
Pietro Testa
1612–50 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020902
Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield
Pietro Testa
1612–50 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020903

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.