?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.
