Artist: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (Italy, 1483 – 1520).
Intermediary draughtsman: André Dutertre (French, 1753-1842), draughtsman and engraver.
Engraver: Jean Baptiste Louis Massard (French, 1772- c. 1815).
Title: Silence de la Vierge (Silence of the Virgin).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Peint par Raphaël d'Urbin. Dessine par Andre Dutertre. Grave par J. B. L. Massard. Silence de la Vierge. Connu sous le nom de la Vierge au linge. Dedie et presente a Monsieur Vivant Denon, Membre de l'Institut, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, Directeur du Musée Napoléon, de la Monnoie des Médailles, etc, etc. A Paris chez l'Auteur Quai des Orfèvres No 62. Imprime par Ramboz. Tableau du Musée Napoléon. Depose a la Bibl Imp-le. Ecrit par Piquet J-ne. Par son tres humble serviteur J. B. L. Massard.
Dimensions: Image 17 1/4" x 12 1/4". Platemark 21 1/4" x 14". Sheet 24" x 16 3/4".
Printer: Ramboz (French, 1793-1830 (fl), copper-plate printer in Paris.
Date: 1803 - 1815
Materials and Techniques: engraving 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.
Condition: Foxing, tears to margins, wear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- The Madonna with the Blue Diadem is a painting by Raphael and his pupil Gianfrancesco Penni, now at the Louvre. In the Louvre, the painting is named Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John, also known as Virgin with the Veil or Virgin with the Blue Diadem. Additional names include Virgin with the Linen, Slumbering Child and Silence of the Holy Virgin. The Louvre was called the Napoleon Museum at the start of the 19th century, when a new museum director named Vivant Denon was appointed. For a brief moment, (1803 - 1815), it was known as the Napoleon museum.
- No other known impressions.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the BnF Catalogue general FRBNF40265182 as publication
by Dusillion, [ca 1812].