Artist: Giorgione (Italian, 1477/78-1510), painter, formerly attributed to.
Artist: Bonifazio Veronese (Italian, c. 1487-1553), painter, current attribution to, after.
Engraver: Pierre Aveline (French, 1702-1760), printmaker.
Title: Moyse presenté à la fille de Pharaon. [Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter].
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Moyse presenté à la fille de Pharaon. Tableau de Georgion de Castel-franco, de la Gallerie de l'Archevêché de Milan. Peint sur toille, haut de quatre pieds, large de neuf pieds, gravé par Pierre Aveline.
Dimensions: Platemark 16 1/2" x 19 7/8". Sheet 21 1/8" x 29".
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: Wear to edges. Stains and tears to margins. Folded, a strip of paper is glued to the back of the engraving for binding. 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].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.220.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Note:
- Engraved after a painting now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.