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Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy, 17th century

  • Pietro Testa, Italian, 1611-1650

Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 10 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (26.4 × 41.6 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1147

Signed, in plate, lower center of image: P. Testa fecit.

May 1886, Bangs Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Pietro Testa, Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy, 17th century, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1147.