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...first time ever in America, the works of the often misunderstood Pietro Testa are available for viewing in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum; an additional satellite exhibit is on display in the Fogg Museum, both through March 19. Though Testa is perhaps the least familiar of 17th century Italian graphic artists, he has also been called "the only original and truly Italian etcher" of his time...
Entitled Pietro Testa (1612-1650): Prints and Drawings, the Sackler exhibit is the most ambitious display of the artist's works during this century. Organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Johns Hopkins Art History professor Elizabeth Cropper, the pieces in the exhibition demonstrate not only the life and art of Testa, but also the intermingling...
...exhibit presents a retrospective of Testa's works, showing his progression from a talented young draftsman to a gradually dissatisfied older artist who reflected the turmoil of his life in his later works. Mythology, classicism and Christian mythology are the dominant themes of the pieces on display, and the museum has arranged the exhibit chronologically. During his 37 years, Testa was continually plagued by his own unwillingness to produce popular, commerically successful works. Testa relied on the commissions and support of those who chanced across his artistic endeavors and happened to be of like mind. As a result, he spent...
...which, even at a young age, was noted by his fellow schoolmates. Though his unquestionable talent was admired by Rembrandt as well as the great French painter Nicolas Poussin, Testa's proud and aloof nature often made him the stereotypical outsider artist. As Professor Cropper points out in the exhibit catalog, Testa's vacillating career and his eventual suicide fostered the "myth of a wild uncontrolled romantic spirit." This myth, too, hurt the popularity...
...Sackler exhibit contains 130 pieces brought together from numerous prestigious collections around the world; among these are the National Gallery in London and the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Royal Library, Windsor Castle). The exhibition and accompanying catalogue by Cropper were made possible through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trust and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...