Descente de Croix (Descent from the Cross)

c. 1762-1763

François-Philippe Charpentier

Artist, French, 1734 - 1817

Pierre-François Basan

Publisher, French, 1723 - 1797

François-Philippe Charpentier, after Carle Van Loo, published by Pierre-François Basan

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 57.9 × 38.5 cm (22 13/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
    image: 53.1 × 37.4 cm (20 7/8 × 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700): no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 4.

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 2

1930

  • IFF (1700): no. 5

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 33, fig. 5.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: Carle Vanloo; in plate, below image, at left: Carlo Vanloo delineavit; in plate, below image, at right: Charpentier Sculpsit; in plate, below image, at center: Descent de Croix / A Paris chés Basan; verso: at lower right, in graphite: A. Bressolle / F.T.

Watermarks

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