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

Descente de Croix (Descent from the Cross), c. 1762-1763

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Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

IFF (1700): no. 5

Accession Number

2018.91.12

Artists / Makers

François-Philippe Charpentier (artist) French, 1734 - 1817

Carle Van Loo (artist after) French, 1705 - 1765

Pierre-François Basan (publisher) French, 1723 - 1797

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

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.