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[Between pp. 194-95] Landscape with Figures, Town in Distance


[Etching facing p. 195] Catalogue raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette
Etched by: Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
After: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)
Author: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
1775
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Etching, bound in book
Dimensions Sheet: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.):
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1713.445
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775

Catalogue Raisonné Dacier 1042; Lugt, Répertoire des ventes 2453; Cohen-de Ricci 115.
Description(Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775) Octavo; [frontispiece, engraved title] xvi, 418 pp., plus four etchings (one folding) betw. pp. 194 & 195 [added etching bound at end]; half modern gilt-stamped brown calf, [18th century?] marbled paper boards (beige cloth box).
InscriptionsIn plate upper right: "Page 195."; lower left: "[...]ieri Cent. dict. Guercino del."; bottom: "Anto. Mara. Zanetti Veneto, redivivo Parmensi, hoc artis suae tirocinium, Amicus Amico, pro munere munusculum, offerebat."
ProvenanceSaint-Aubin's estate; possibly sold to Baron de Saint-Julien or dispersed after the death of Augustin de Saint-Aubin; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2446); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1830 ff., lot 89; purchased at Lawrence sale by Joseph Hogarth, Sr. (1801-1879); C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whose catalogue 87, no. 242, acquired July 1921 for £2/10/- by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.