Thetis plunging the infant Achilles head first into a vase containing water of the Styx in order to make him invulnerable. Etching by P. Testa, ca. 1648.

  • Testa, Pietro, 1611-1650.
Date:
[1648?]
Reference:
2969654i
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Description

Other episodes are also shown including (left) the centaur Chiron with Achilles

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] : Arnoldus van Westerhout excudit sup. perm, [1648?]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 27.9 x 42.2 cm

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Lettering

P. Testa fecit

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1820, vol, 20, p. 220, Testa no. 21

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2969654i

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