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Inspiration of Saint Jerome,
ca. 1636–37
after Pietro Testa, Lucca 1612–1650 Rome
x1987-1
Information
Title
Inspiration of Saint Jerome
Dates
ca. 1636–37
Maker
after Pietro Testa
Medium
Pen and brown ink over faint traces of red chalk, on brown laid paper, tipped onto beige paper with gold-colored paper strips along recto edges
Dimensions
18.9 × 25.5 cm. (7 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William F. Shellman, Jr., Graduate School Class of 1941
Object Number
x1987-1
Inscription
Inscribed recto, top center, in graphite: N.Y. –hill; inscribed
verso of mount, center, in pen and brown ink: No. 3 / R;
inscribed recto, bottom right, in graphite: Peter Testa / 1611–
1652
Culture
Type
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1987", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 47, no. 1 (1988): p. 30-54., p. 51 (illus.)
- Laura Giles, Lia Markey, Claire Van Cleave, et. al., Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2014)., p. 100, cat. no. 42; p. 102 (illus.)
