Title: An allegory of painting, who as a child in the centre left draws on a tablet, surrounded by figures, many of whom are drawing
Object type: Print
Date: 1637–38
Artist:  Pietro Testa 
Artist bio: Italian, Lucca 1612–1650 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 12 15/16 x 11 1/4 in. (32.9 x 28.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY