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Pietro Testa
(1611 - 1650)
Scène allégorique : la Peste dévorant les enfants de Cybèle
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
raised arms (pose)
violence
eating (action of)
nude (female)
laying down
Cybele
plague (disease)
nude (child)
Allegory (all)
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About the artwork
Title:
Scène allégorique : la Peste dévorant les enfants de Cybèle
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
black chalk
pen (drawing)
brown ink
Dimensions:
192 x 295
Inventory number:
INV1911-recto
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Pietro Testa
Also known as:
Lucchesino il
Born:
1611
Dead:
1650
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Pietro Testa
(1611–1650) was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.
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