Artist: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682).
Title: Venus mourning the death of Adonis.
Signed and annotated in plate: Le Potre Inuent et fecit. Le Blond exc Auec Priuil. du Roy
Dimensions: Sheet 9 1/4" x 13".
Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590–1666).
Edition: Twenty-two plates depicting mythological subjects.
Date: 1633-1682. (The British Museum).
Materials and Techniques: etching 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.
Condition: Residue of old mount verso. Abrasions. Restauration of central fold. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1891,1116.149.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 53.600.86(1).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French Art XVII C.