Pietro TESTA
1612 - 1650
Study sheet with swarm of putt
Pen and brown ink, hints of wash, traces of black chalk
Subject 122 x 277 mm, sheet 340 x 183 mm
Annotated with lead pencil lower right pietro Testa
On the reverse, annotated with pen and brown ink Pietro Testa// Ex Coll : Henrici Hamal// B et au crayon noir N°28 // (Lucchesino)
Old mounting from the end of the 19th century and mounting with a larger sheet.
Provenance : Henry Hamal (Lugt 1231, his sale, Paris, Regnault, 20-23rd january 1805, included in the lot 28 or 29) ; Albert Finot, Troyes (collector’s stamp in black ink bottom right, L. 3627).