Artist: Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622), painter from Mantua. Close follower of Caravaggio.
Engraver: Jean Baptiste Haussard (French, 1680-1749), printmaker.
Title: Jésus Christ chassant les vendeurs du Temple (Christ driving the merchants from the temple).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Jésus Christ chassant les vendeurs du Temple Tableau de Barthelemy Manfredi, qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy. Peint sur toile, haut de 5 pieds, large de 7, gravé par Jean Haussart.
[numbered on plate, lower right] '95'.
Dimensions: Platemark 9 1/4" x 13 1/4". Sheet 21 1/4" 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.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper.
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.
Watermark: yes.
Condition: Left margin has been extended. Left edge with cuts and holes from a binding cord. Wear to edges. Clean, bright impression. 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. 95].
Date: 1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.176. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 60.708(104).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entries of a similar items from the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art collections.