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Pietro Testa

Nude Youth Running (recto); Standing Draped Old Man with Left Hand Upraised (verso)

1612–50
Black chalk on gray paper; verso: black chalk with traces of white chalk
34.5 × 23 cm (13.6 × 9.1 in)

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

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