Artist: Georges Reverdy (French, active 1529-1564), engraver.
Documented in Lyons from 1529 to 1565. (The British Museum).
Title: Youth Looking at His Reflection in Pool (Narcissus) (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Dimensions: Sheet 4 1/8" x 7 3/4".
Date: 1536 - 1569.
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, trimmed to image. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur T. XV, p.4 91, [No] 12.
Un jeune homme qui se mire dans une pièce d'eau.
A young man mirroring himself in a body of water.
Museums and Libraries: The Rijksmuseum RP-P-2001-210. The Philadelphia Museum of Art 1944-73-956.
Part of: Cartouches (series title).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French school XVI C.
Notes:
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the Rijksmuseum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The last time it was sold at Bassenge Berlin, in Germany in 2000.