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1635/37 · Art Institute of Chicago

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'

Pietro TestaArt Institute of Chicago

Wander from here
Date
1635/37Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with black chalk and traces of incising, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove paperArt Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
36.8 × 24.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.)Art Institute of Chicago
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago
Inventory no.
1998.358Art Institute of Chicago
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Dorothy Harza, with the assistance of Kate de Rothschild Agius and Marcus Agius, in memory of Laura HarzaArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

No ownership history recorded in our sources.

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

London, Kate de Rothschild Fine Art, "Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, " June 24–July 5, 1985, cat. 4. Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Pietro Testa (1612-1650), Prints and Drawings," November 5- December 31, 1988, pp. 48 and 52-53, , cat. 28 (ill.); traveled to the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Mass., January 21-March 19, 1989.
Identifiers & sources+
  • Art Institute of Chicago149719
  • inventory number1998.358