Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.
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Pietro Testa, after. Martyrdom of St Angelo. Engraving by Anne Claude de Caylus. 1742.

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Artist: Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650), painter, draughtsman and etcher.
EngraverAnne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac. (France, 1692 - 1765), (etching).
Engraver: Nicolas Lesueur (French, 1690-1764), draughtsman and printmaker. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat.
Title: Martyre de Saint Ange, Carme (Martyrdom of St Angelo).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Lettered in scratched lettering within image, ' Pietro Testa In. - C* Sculp.' Martyre de Saint Ange, Carme. Dessein de Pierre Testa, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr Crozat. Gravé à l'eau forte par Mr le C. de C. et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur [numbered on plate, lower right] '113'.
Dimensions: Platemark 16" x 10". Sheet 21 1/4" 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.
Materials and Techniques: etching and chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on laid paper in bistre.
Provenance:  The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; p
rofessor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Watermark: yes.
Condition: Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle. Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome quatrième... par Marcel Roux... p. 122-123, No. 415. Pl. terminée sur bois, avec la lettre (état décrit) tirées en bistre. 
Part of[Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2, No. 113].
Dateca.1742.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.194.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVII C.

Notes
- Angelus of Jerusalem was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a professed priest of the Carmelites.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.