About this artwork
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title:Silenus
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accession number:RSA 381
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artist:Unknown
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date created:Unknown
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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copyright:Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture collections, David Laing Bequest (on loan to the Scottish National Gallery)
Pietro Testa
Pietro Testa
Around 1629 Testa moved from his native Tuscany to Rome, and remained there for most of his career. He first specialised in making copies after classical antiques and was employed in this capacity by Cassiano dal Pozzo and Vincenzo Giustiniani. He trained briefly under both Domenichino and Pietro da Cortona,…
