Artist: Pietro de' Pietri, (Italian, 1663/5-1716), painter, etcher and engraver.
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: La Sainte Vierge accompagnée de plusieurs saints (The Blessed Virgin accompanied by several saints).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: La Sainte Vierge accompagnée de plusieurs saints. Dessein de Pierre de Pietri, 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] '135'.
Dimensions: Platemark 16 1/2" x 9 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 gray.
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. Cuts alongside the left margin. Tears. Wear to edges. The part of the upper margin is lost. 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... par Marcel Roux.. p. 114-115, No. 370. Pl. terminée sur bois.
Part of: [Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 135].
Date: ca.1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 2014,7072.1.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.
Notes: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.