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Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers

La Vièrge de la Maison d' Albe (The Alba Madonna)

Description

Maker

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), designer
Durand and Sauve, printer

Title

La Vièrge de la Maison d' Albe (The Alba Madonna)

Year

1823

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

53.3 x 41.9 cm (21 x 16 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered below image: "LA VIERGE DE LA MAISON D'ALBE"
LR: "Raphael pinxit"
LL: "B. Desnoyers sculpsit"
LC: "Le Tableau orignial peint sur bois a trois pieds de haut il a faut partie pendant plus de deux siècles de la Galerie des Ducs d'Albe a Madrid, il est presentement dans celle de Mr. W. G. Coesvelt à Londres où il a été Dessine en 1823 par le Ch.er B. Desnoyers, P.er G.r du Roi" / "Imprimé par Durond & Sauve"

Stamped with the artist's mark (Lugt 101)

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Identification

Standard Reference Number

IFF no. 35

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.168

Type

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Tombstone

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), designer
Durand and Sauve, printer
La Vièrge de la Maison d' Albe (The Alba Madonna), 1823
engraving
53.3 x 41.9 cm (21 x 16 1/2 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.168

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