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The Education of Achilles

After Pietro Testa Italian
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1650–55
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Education of Achilles
  • Artist: Giovanni Cesare Testa (Italian, ca. 1630–1655)
  • Artist: After Pietro Testa (Italian, Lucca 1612–1650 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1650–55
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 in. (27.6 x 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.70.3(52)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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