Artist: Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c.1510/18-1592), painter.
Engraver: Étienne Fessard (French, 1714-1777), protégé of Caylus.
Title: Diane et Actéon changé en cerf (Diana and Actaeon changed into a deer, after Ovid).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Diane et Actéon changé en cerf. Tableau de Jacques Bassan, du Cabinet de Mr. Dupille / Peint sur toille, haut de deux pieds, large de deux pieds cinq pouces, gravé par E. Fessard.
Dimensions: Platemark 13 3/4" x 15 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.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving, printed 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. 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].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.230.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- The painting is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
- This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.