Pietro Testa

Place: Lucca

Born: 1611

Death: 1650

Biography:

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. Born in Lucca, thus sometimes called il Lucchesino. Testa moved to Rome early in life. One source states he was ejected from the Cortona studio in 1631, soon after joinin...