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Giovanni Cesare Testa
The Rape of Persephonecirca 1650-1655

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Engraving on cream paper depicting a centaur rearing amid a crowd of nude and draped figures, with a skeletal figure overhead and a chariot wheel at center, framed by trees and rocky cliffs

Giovanni Cesare Testa, The Rape of Persephone, circa 1650-1655, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Raboff, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Cesare Testa
Title
The Rape of Persephone
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1650-1655
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 14 in. (24.77 × 35.56 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 14 in. (23.81 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Raboff
Accession Number
M.63.72.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings