Artist: Andrea Sacchi (Italian, c.1599-1661), Baroque painter.
Engraver: Simon Vallée (French, 1680-1730 after).
Title: Portement de Croix [Carrying the Cross].
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Portement de Croix. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Peint sur bois, haut de 23 pouces large de 17 gravé par Jean Haussard [numbered on plate, lower right] '114'.
Dimensions: Platemark 17 1/2" x 10 3/4", Sheet 21 1/8" x 16".
Edition: Joseph Antoine de Crozat, Marquis de Tugny. Recueil d'Estampes d'après les plus beaux Tableaux et d'après les plus beaux Desseins qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roy, dans celuy de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, & dans d'autres Cabinets, Tome Second. Paris, 1742.
Date: 1742.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Left edge has cuts and holes from a binding cord. Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: [Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 114].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.195.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.
Note:
- The painting by Sacchi is in the Chapter House of St Peter's in Rome.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.