Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
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Giovanni Bonatti, after. A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.

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Artist: Giovanni Bonatti (Italian, 1635-1681).
EngraverAnne 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: Un saint abbé rendant la vue à un aveugle (A holy abbot restoring sight to a blind man).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Un saint abbé rendant la vue à un aveugle. Dessein de Jean Bonnatti, 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 [numbered on plate, lower right] '126'.
Dimensions: Platemark 12 1/2" 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.
Materials and Techniquesetching and chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on laid paper in ochre.
Provenance:  The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; p
rofessor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Watermark: yes.
ConditionLeft edge has cuts and holes from a binding cord. The left margin is extended. Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné  Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle. Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome quatrième, Cathelin-Cochin Père (Charles-Nicolas) par Marcel Roux,... p. 59-60, No. 38. PL terminée sur bois, avec la lettre (état décrit).
Part of[Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 126].
Dateca.1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum  1855,0609.207. (for the reworked edition of 1763).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.

NotesThis entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.