Artist: Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588), painter.
Engraver: Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis (French, c.1698-1771), engraver (Graveur du Roi); print dealer and publisher.
Title: Adoration des Roys (Adoration of the Magi).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Adoration des Roys. d'Après le Tableau de Paul Veronèse, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Peint sur cuivre de la même grandeur du Tableau, gravé par Nicolas Dupuis.
Dimensions: Platemark 19 3/4" x 13 3/4", Sheet 21 1/8" x 16".
Edition: Joseph Antoine de Crozat, Marquis de Tugny. Recueil d'Estampes d'après les plus beaux Tableaux et d'après les plus beaux Desseins qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roy, dans celuy de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, & dans d'autres Cabinets, Tome Second. Paris, 1742.
Date: 1742.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
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: Left edge with cuts and holes from binding cord. Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: [Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.248.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- After a painting (oil on copper) executed by Veronese and now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.