Nicolas Le Sueur (1691-1764), Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières) (before 1692-1765)
Title
Le S. Esprit descendant sur les apôtres (The Holy Spirit Descending on the Apostles), from the Recueil Crozat
Date
1729-1742
Object Type
Print
Medium
Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
39.8 x 25.7 cm (image); 44.3 x 30.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection
Accession Number
1993.63.68
Inscribed in the plate below the image: Le St Esprit descendant sur les Apôtres./ Dessein de Jean Baptiste Lenardi, 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.
ILR in the plate below the image: 130 [no. 130 in a series of reproductions of the Crozat collection created under the directrion of Nicolas Le Sueur;
An extensive description of both Crozat (p.544), "...le roi des collectioneurs...", and le Comte de Caylus (p.538) will be found in Lugt;
Inscribed in graphite verso: JBN(cursive), possibly a collectors initials: not found in Lugt;
The sheet creased LL corner;
Provenance:Sotheby, 1971, part of a lot; M.S. Sopher (identified in his hand on the mat as The Assumptionof the Virgin);
