Martire de St. Pierre (The Martyrdom of Saint Peter), c. 1750s

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 47 × 30.7 cm (18 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.); trimmed within platemark with lower part of inscription trimmed off

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

IFF (1700): no. 2

Accession Number

2017.13.1

Artists / Makers

Jean Barbault (artist) French, 1718 - 1762

Pierre-Hubert Subleyras (artist after) French, 1699 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Subleyras pinx.; lower right in plate: Barbault del. et sculp. Romae; lower center in plate: Martire de St. Pierre; by later hand, upper center verso in pen and ink: M.. Maggiori comprò a / Roma nel 1802 / quadro di M. Le Baily de la abass[not deciphered] / [not deciphered] di Malta a Roma

Provenance

Alessandro Maggiori, Rome [late 18th - early 19th century] (Lugt 1956); François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Heugel, François
Maggiori, Alessandro
Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1930: IFF (1700): no.2