Artist: Federico Zuccaro (c.1542-1609), an Italian Mannerist painter and architect
Engraver: Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac. (France, 1692 - 1765), (etching).
Engraver: Nicolas Lesueur (French, 1690-1764), draughtsman and printmaker. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat.
Title: L'empereur Henry IV aux pieds du pape Grégoire VII (Emperor Henry IV at the Feet of Pope Gregory VII).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: L'empereur Henry IV aux pieds du pape Grégoire VII. Dessein de Frederic Zuccari, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Gravé à l'eau forte par Mr le C... de C... et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.z [numbered on plate, lower right] '90'.
Dimensions: Platemark 17 1/4" x 8 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 chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on laid paper in ochre.
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. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: LeBlanc. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes... 1854, Vol. 1, p. 618 (misspelling Henri).
Part of: [Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 90].
Date: ca.1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.170 (for the reworked edition of 1763).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- The drawing by Federico Zuccaro is now in the Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre; it is a study for the decoration of the Sala Regia, Palazzi Vaticani, Rome.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.