Tentation De St. Antione (Temptation of St. Anthony)...eighteenth plate in the book..[Titles in Russian and French]....Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)

19th century

Not on view

After: David Teniers II (Flemish, 1610–1690)
Lithographer: François-Joseph Dupressior (1800–1859)
Publishers: Paul Petit (French), Gohier Desfontaines (French)
Title: Tentation De St. Antione (Temptation of St. Anthony)...eighteenth plate in the book..[Titles in Russian and French]....Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)
Date: 19th century
Object Type: Print
Medium: Color Lithograph
Dimensions: 21.5 x 27.6 cm (image); 53 x 39.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Accession Number: A100692

Provenance: bookplate, probably late 19th century, of Biblioteka Gertsova Georgii Georgievicha Mecklenburgskova (library of Herzog von Mecklenburg)
Exhibition History:
Remarks: this is an incomplete set of a work published in 30 parts, in two volumes; each part should consist of text and 4 plates; see collation for details.
According to the dedication leaf (to the Russian empress), the work was commissioned by the emperor, and represents largely unpublished material.

Currently on view