Artist: Giovanni Baglione (Italian, c.1570-1643), painter and biographer, after. This is the first thought of Knight Baglioni, for the Painting he made in the Consistory Hall in the Vatican. The subject is S. Pierre who, while baptizing St. Prisque, shows a book in which these words of Jesus Christ are made, "Petre amas me". This Design, done in pen and washed, is in the Cabinet of Mr. Crozat. (from the Description part of the Recueil d'Estampes).
Engraver: Paul Ponce Antoine Robert de Séri (French, 1686-1733), painter and reproductive engraver and etcher. Worked for Crozat, supplying outline etchings for the woodcut tone blocks. Engraved in etching by P. P. A. Robert, and in wood under his supervision by Nicolas le Sueur.
Engraver: Nicolas Lesueur (French, 1690-1764), chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat.
Title: Ste. Prisque baptisée par Saint Pierre (Ste. Prisk baptized by Saint Peter).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Ste Prisque baptisée par St. Pierre.
Dessein du chevalier Jean Baglioni, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat / Gravé à l'eau forte par P. P. A. Robert, et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur [numbered on plate, lower right] '100'.
Dimensions: Platemark 16" x 10 3/4". 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 in gray tones, over etched lines 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: The 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. 100].
Date: 1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.181.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.