Artist: Lodovico Gimignani (Italian, 1643-1697), painter: worked in Rome, after.
Engraver: Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac. (France, 1692 - 1765), (etching).
Engraver: Nicolas Lesueur (French, 1690-1764), draughtsman and printmaker. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat.
Title: St. François Xavier mourant (St. Francis Xavier dying).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: St. François Xavier mourant. D'après le dessein de Louis Giminiani, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Gravé à l'eau forte par Mr le C... de C... et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur. [numbered on plate, lower right] '128'.
Dimensions: Platemark 19 3/4" x 12 1/4". Sheet 21 1/4" x 15 1/2".
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 chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on laid paper in sepia on brown lines
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: The left margin has been extended. 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. 128].
Date: 1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.209.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.
Notes:
- This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.
- Born in the town of Xavier, Spain, he was a companion of Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534; he died on Shangchuan Island, China.