Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

1612–50

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk. The sketch of Pegasus in black chalk only. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 13-1/4 x 9-7/16 in. (33.7 x 24 cm)
Collection no.: 1980.12
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pietro Testa. Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting — Pietro Testa. 1612–50.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk. The sketch of Pegasus in black chalk only. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Dimensions: 13-1/4 x 9-7/16 in. (33.7 x 24 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund,1980.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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