Artist: Paris Bordone was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance (1500 -1571). Painting not recorded in G. Canova, 'Paris Bordone' 1963.
Intermediary draughtsman: Matthäus Österreich (Germany, 1716 - 1778).
Engraver: Philipp-Andreas Kilian (Germany, 1714 - ?1759).
Title: Le Sauveur.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and annotated in plate: M. Oesterreich delin; Phil. Andreas Kilian... sculp. A. V; Le Sauveur. Tableau Original de Paris Bordoni; de la Gallerie de S. E. M. Mr Le Premier Ministre Comte de Bruhl. Numbered 39 in ink on the plate. The original printed number is trimmed.
Dimensions: Sheet 15 1/8" x 11 1/2". Backing sheet 19 1/8" x 14".
Edition: Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl.
Date: 1754 (c) (c).
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper, pasted on laid paper.
Watermark: Watermark is not visible as the print is laid on another sheet of paper.
Mat and Frame: Backing sheet.
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.
Condition: Trimmed to the image. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl. Dresden, 1754. Vol I and only. Pl. 39. State with no cartouche.
Comte de Brühl, Prime Minister of the King of Poland, owned a large collection of paintings, drawings, and prints, including many Dutch and Flemish masters. In 1769 Catherine the Great bought six hundred paintings from his estate; these largely ended up in the Hermitage.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1850,0810.435.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. German School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.