Artist: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (Italy, 1483 – 1520).
Engraver: Gérard Edelinck (1640-1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris, after.
Engraver: Collette & Sanson. Alexandre Collette, (1814-1876) is a French lithographer and painter. In 1844, he exhibited his lithograph of The Holy Family by Raphael at the Salon. Charles Sanson (engraver).
Title: La Sainte Famille (La Grande Sainte Famille).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Raphael pinx. Collette & Sanson lith. Imp Lemercier a Paris. La Sainte Famille.
Dimensions: Image and lettering on chine colle 17 3/4" x 13". Supporting sheet 23" x 17 3/4".
Printer: Imp. Lemercier a Paris.
Date: 1844.
Materials and Techniques: lithograph on chine collé laid on wove paper. (tissiérographie? L’Illustration, 14 octobre 1843, p. 100. Illustration: dessin annonce pour le procédé de Louis Tissier, inventeur de la tissiérographie. Dessinateur: Collette, Graveur: Sanson. Yannick Portebois, Dorothy Elizabeth Speirs. ENTRE LE LIVRE ET LE JOURNAL).
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: Foxing and wear to the supporting sheet. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: National Museum of American History. Id Number: GA.15365.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. French School XIX C.
Notes:
- Nous n'avons pas rencontré la Ste Famille, avec Sanson, d'apr. Raphaël, S. 1844. (We never came across this engraving). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800. Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome cinquième, Sidoine-Daumier par Jean Adhémar. p. 111.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the National Museum of American History collection.