La Tentation de St. Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony) / Jacques-Philippe Le Bas [artwork]

Title

La Tentation de St. Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony) [artwork]

Artist

Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe, 1707-1783

Date Created

18th century

Genre

artwork

Physical Description

Sheet: 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (44.5 x 57.0 cm.); plate impression: 14 5/8 x 19 1/4 inches (37.1 x 49.0 cm.)

Artist notes

after a painting by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690

Artist nationality

French

Artist role

draughtsman, etcher, and engraver

Original artist

Teniers, David, the younger, 1610-1690

Inscription

Recto: u. r.: (in pencil) Teniers ; l. l.: (just beneath image) D. Teniers pinxit. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Jac. Ph. Le Bas Sculpsit ; bottom center: (in French) LA TENTATION DE ST. ANTOINE / Estampe gravée d'apres un tableau peint par David Teniers de l'Hôtel de Matignon, appartenant à Monseigneur le Duc de Valentinois, Pair de France. / A Paris chez Jac. Ph. Le Bas graveur du Cabinet du Roy au bas de la rue de la Harpe. ; l. l.: (corner, just above plate impression) Imp. Lamoureux, r S Jean de Beauvais, 12 Paris ; l. r: (corner, just above plate impression) 41e Teniers ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil, beneath a question mark) Ritti / July 1, 1925 / 40 fcs ; l. r.: (in pencil, upside down) T ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/537

Medium

Etching.

Condition

Good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. Small adhesion in center of image near a dragon-like creature with wings who flies out of a doorway.

Provenance

Paul Ritti, Librarie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 1 July 1925.

Instrument

Recorder

Century

18th century

Subjects

Reproductive print [after well-known artist]

Religious

Miller category

Miscellaneous Art (large)

Miller ID

0076/Y

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 03-05-2014