Artist: Domenico Fetti (Italian, 1589-1623), painter. Fetti or Feti, after.
Engraver: Simon François Ravenet I (British 1706-1774).
Title: Adoration des bergers.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Adoration des bergers. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Peint sur bois de la même grandeur de l'Estampe, gravée par Simon François Ravenet. [numbered on plate, lower right] '104'.
Dimensions: Image 17 7/8" x 13", 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. 104].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.185.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.
Note:
- The painting is in the Hermitage, St Petersburg.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.