# Pietro Testa - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T04:50:54.863Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 123
- Lots with prices: 79
- First auction date: 2003-06-30
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-16
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $50 to $40,000

## Market Takeaway
Pietro Testa shows solid auction liquidity with 123 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($375\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $220 and $900.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 75.9% (60 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20.3% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.8% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $220
- Previous 12 months median: $180
- Median shift: 22.2%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Gonnelli Casa d'Aste: 42 lots
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 12 lots
- Old Master Print: 7 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 5 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-16 | Arnold van Westerhout Allegory in honor of the arrival of Cardinal Franciotti as bishop of Lucca, after Pietro Testa | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-arnold-van-westerhout-allegory-in-honor-of-the-arrival-of-cardinal-franciotti-as-bishop-of-lucca-after-pietro-testa-135-c-13b4fab994
2. 2024-04-18 | Pietro Testa, Achilles with the body of Hector behind his chariot | Old Master Print | €400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-achilles-with-the-body-of-hector-behind-his-chariot-145-c-41b4520981
3. 2011-04-02 | Pietro Testa \(1611\-1650\), Arnold van Westerhout | Auction House Zezula | CZK 4,800
4. 2026-04-16 | Pietro Testa \- Allegory in honour of the election of Pope Innocent X \- 1644 | Old Master Print | €280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-allegory-in-honour-of-the-election-of-pope-innocent-x-1644-379-c-041208dbdd
5. 2025-12-09 | Pietro Testa, The Symposium of Plato, with Alcibiades interrupting the discourse of Socrates and the philosophers in a portico with a metal vase and an incense burner. | Old Master Print | €900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-the-symposium-of-plato-with-alcibiades-interrupting-the-discourse-of-socrates-and-the-philosophers-in-a-portico-with-a-metal-vase-and-an-incense-burner-354-c-f12e90d678
6. 2025-11-26 | Pietro Testa \(1612–1650\) Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interrupted by Acibiades at left \[and 3 other etchings by Salvator Rosa \(1615\-1... | Forum Auctions \- UK | £220 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1612-1650-plato-s-symposium-socrates-and-his-companions-seated-around-a-table-discussing-ideal-love-interrupted-by-acibiades-at-left-and-3-other-etchings-by-salvator-rosa-1615-1-264-c-3872b61e4c
7. 2025-11-22 | Pietro Testa, called Il Lucchesino, attributed to, Mary sitting on a cloud, letting the baby Jesus play with the angels | Lempertz | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-called-il-lucchesino-attributed-to-mary-sitting-on-a-cloud-letting-the-baby-jesus-play-with-the-angels-1102-c-280b96bf05
8. 2025-10-29 | Pietro Testa \(1612–1650\) Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interrupted by Acibiades at left \[and 3 other etchings by Salvator Rosa \(1615\-1... | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1612-1650-plato-s-symposium-socrates-and-his-companions-seated-around-a-table-discussing-ideal-love-interrupted-by-acibiades-at-left-and-3-other-etchings-by-salvator-rosa-1615-1-376-c-61aad826e4
9. 2025-05-19 | Pietro Testa \(dapres\) Martyrdom of Saint Angelo Carmelite | Casa d'aste ARCADIA | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-dapres-martyrdom-of-saint-angelo-carmelite-10-c-2f44b7a8d1
10. 2025-02-04 | PIETRO TESTA \(LUCCA 1611\-1650 ROME\). Fragment of a terracotta plaque with a | Christie's | $7,560 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-lucca-1611-1650-rome-fragment-of-a-terracotta-plaque-with-a-30-c-dab4551820
11. 2024-12-12 | Pietro Testa, Garden of Venus. | Old Master Print | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-garden-of-venus-189-c-9d74a5fb7e
12. 2024-11-15 | PIETRO TESTA \(1611\-1650\), ''THE D | Historia Auctionata | €150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1611-1650-the-d-7039-c-86046529f3
13. 2024-11-15 | Pietro Testa \(1611 Lucca \- Rom 1650\) – Die heilige Cäcilia an der Orgel \(St Cecilia at the organ\) | Karl & Faber | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1611-lucca-rom-1650-die-heilige-cacilia-an-der-orgel-st-cecilia-at-the-organ-90-c-fbc4922868
14. 2024-06-27 | Pietro Testa, 1611 – 1650, nach | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1611-1650-nach-835-c-16544dcb71
15. 2024-06-17 | Pietro Testa \(1611 \- 1650\) Achilles ondergedompeld in het water van de Styx | Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes | €80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1611-1650-achilles-ondergedompeld-in-het-water-van-de-styx-75-c-a294b9f8d3
16. 2024-04-19 | Pietro Testa \(1612\-1650\). Sinorice transported from the temple of Artemis, 1640 ca. | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | €180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1612-1650-sinorice-transported-from-the-temple-of-artemis-1640-ca-134-c-886460d8a4
17. 2024-04-19 | Pietro Testa \(1612\-1650\). Il Liceo della Pittura, c. 1638 | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | €420 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-1612-1650-il-liceo-della-pittura-c-1638-133-c-f8f4c3981a
18. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, La morte di Catone. 1648. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €340
19. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, La morte di Catone. 1648. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-la-morte-di-catone-1648-141-c-c71482ca67
20. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, Il Simposio. 1648. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-il-simposio-1648-140-c-77c4e0e89c
21. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, Achille trascina il corpo di Ettore. 1648\-1650 ca. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €380 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-achille-trascina-il-corpo-di-ettore-1648-1650-ca-139-c-0cd4510948
22. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, Ritratto di Pietro Testa Pictore eccel.te. 1645 ca. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-ritratto-di-pietro-testa-pictore-eccel-te-1645-ca-137-c-2a64835b00
23. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, Il trionfo dell'artista virtuoso al Parnaso. 1644\-1646 ca. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-il-trionfo-dell-artista-virtuoso-al-parnaso-1644-1646-ca-135-c-84b4f7aa9a
24. 2023-11-28 | Pietro Testa, Il trionfo dell'artista virtuoso al Parnaso. 1644\-1646 ca. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pietro-testa-il-trionfo-dell-artista-virtuoso-al-parnaso-1644-1646-ca-134-c-46f4e809d9

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