Pietro TESTA
Saints Roch and Nicholas invoking the aid of the Virgin, reversed
(c. 1630-1631)

Medium
etching

Measurements
26.7 × 18.1 cm (image) 26.9 × 18.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 13.c1; Bellini 8

Edition
1st of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: PT (monogram)

Accession Number
859-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian character) Life of Saint Nicholas (Christian iconography) Life of Saint Roch (Christian iconography) Nicholas of Myra, Saint plagues putti (children) Rochus, Saint suffering

Movements
Baroque