Artist: Domenico Fetti (Italian, 1589-1623), painter. Fetti or Feti, after.
Engraver: Henri Simon Thomassin (French, 1688-1741).
Title: La Mélancolie (Melancholy).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: La Mélancolie. Tableau de Dominique Feti, qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy / Peint sur toile, haut de 5 pieds 2 pouces, large de 3 pieds 10 pouces, gravé par H. Simon Thomassin. [numbered on plate, lower right] '101'.
Dimensions: Platemark 17" x 10 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.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving 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.
Watermark: yes.
Condition: Left edge has cuts and holes from a binding cord. Wear to edges. Clean, bright impression. 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. 101].
Date: 1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.182.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- After a painting executed c.1618 by Fetti, acquired by Louis XIV in 1685, and now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.