Artist: Domenico Fetti (Italian, 1589-1623), painter. Fetti or Feti, after.
Engraver: Charles Simonneau (French, 1645-1728).
Title: Sainte Face. The painting now in the National Gallery of Art of Washington.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and Dated in plate: Sainte Face. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Peint sur bois, haut de 29 pouces, large de 26, gravé par Charles Simonneau [numbered on plate, lower right] '106'.
Dimensions: Image/platemark 8 1/4" x 6 1/2". Sheet 21 1/4" 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 (published).
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching 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. 106].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.187.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVII C. French School XVIII C.
Notes:
- The painting by Domenico Fetti is now in the National Gallery of Art,
Washington.
- This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.