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Pietro Testa

Allegory of Fortune

1612–50
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, highlighted with white
30.5 × 21.3 cm (12 × 8.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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