May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 2,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
PIETRO TESTA
The Academy of Painting.

Etching, 1642. 473x730 mm; 18 3/4x28 3/4 inches, small margins. Second state (of 2). Fleur-de-lys in a double circle with the joined letters CB watermark. A very good impression of this large, scarce etching, with the flecks caused by the foul-biting distinct.

We have found only 2 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 34; Bellini 20.