Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 1,955
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
PIETRO TESTA
Allegory of Painting.

Etching, 1648. 486x732 mm; 191/4x287/8 inches, small to thread margins. Second state (of 2). Fleur-de-lys in a double circle with the joined letters CB watermark. A superb, dark and evenly printed impression of this important print, with strong contrasts. Bartsch 35.