Domenico Fetti, after. Pastoral scene. Engraving by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I. 1742.
Domenico Fetti, after. Pastoral scene. Engraving by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I. 1742.
Domenico Fetti, after. Pastoral scene. Engraving by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I. 1742.
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Domenico Fetti, after. Pastoral scene. Engraving by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I. 1742.

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Artist: Domenico Fetti (Italian, 1589-1623), painter. Fetti or Feti, after.
Engraver: Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I (French, 1671-1716).
Title: Country life. Sometimes identified as Eve and her family after the fall.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plateLa vie champestre. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy. Peint sur toile, haut de 2 pieds 7 pouces, large de 2 pieds 1 pouce, gravé par Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin [numbered on plate, lower right] '103'. 
Dimensions: Image 17 7/8" x 13", Sheet  21 1/8" x 16".  
EditionJoseph 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. Oxidized, discolored paper. Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: Le Blanc. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Vol 3. p. 486. [No] 9. La Vie champêtre: D. Feti. In-fol. {Cab. Crozat.)
Part of[Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 103].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.184. 
Art Movements, Periods & SchoolsFrench School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.

Note:
- The painting is now in the Louvre, Paris, sometimes identified as Eve and her family after the fall.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the 
British Museum collection.