Artist: Sebastiano Conca (Italian, 1680-1764), painter, 1706/7 moved to Rome where extremely successful, and remained until c.1752.
Engraver: Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (French, 1701-1780), painter and engraver (direxit).
Engraver: Nicolas Lesueur (French, 1690-1764), draughtsman and printmaker. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat.
Title: Diane et Endymion.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Diane et Endymion. d'après le dessein de Sébastien Conca grave par Nicolas le Sueur sous la conduite de Mle. Basseporte' [numbered on plate, lower right] '134'.
Dimensions: Platemark 16" x 10". 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 green.
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: Wear and stains 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, No. 134].
Date: ca.1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.215 (for the reworked edition of 1763).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVIII C.
Notes: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.