The Dead Body of Christ

c. 1690?

Martial Desbois

Artist, French, 1630 - 1700

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.7 x 30.4 cm (15 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 39.5 x 30.6 cm (15 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.75.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A.); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: MDesbois fecit; by later hand, upper right verso in ink: 3 douz (not deciphered) / d'Estampe; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Martial Desbois / RD 2

Wikidata ID

Q76348193

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