id:			150543
accession number:	1981.95
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.95
updated:		2022-01-04 16:55:52.029000

Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector, 1648. Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1981.95

title:				Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector
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creation date:			1648
creation date earliest:		1648
creation date latest:		1648
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bellini 37

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CREATORS

* Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650)  - artist

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state of the work:	I/IV
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

	title:		Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900
	opening date:   1999-03-14T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).

	title:		A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   2019-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 14 - May 23, 1999.  "Drawn to the Body:  The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500 - 1900."

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1981-
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wall description: 
The strong diagonals and heroic male bodies in this print relay an episode from the Trojan War in which the Greek warrior Achilles takes vengeance on the Trojan prince Hector for murdering his friend Patroclus. Here, Achilles is depicted dragging Hector’s dead body behind a chariot outside the gates of Troy. Primarily a draftsman and printmaker, Pietro Testa was known for the remarkable effects of space, texture, and light he was able to achieve by immersing the copper plate in an acid bath in several stages. This method allowed for deeper etched lines, in such areas as the dark shadows that frame the two central figures, while retaining sketchier details in the background.
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