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Title:St. Michael Casting Down Lucifer, after Pier Francesco Mola
Artist:Louis Jean Jacques Durameau (French, Paris 1733–1796 Versailles)
Artist: After Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, Coldrerio 1612–1666 Rome)
Date:18th century
Medium:Red chalk
Dimensions:10 3/8 x 6 1/16 in. (26.3 x 15.4 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1966
Object Number:66.219
Inscription: On Mariette mount, pen and black ink: Pinxit in aede S. Marci Romae, Petrus Franc. Mola; pen and brown ink, in cartouche, center of lower margin: LUDOVICUS/DURAMEAU/DELINEARAT; on verso of Mariette mount, graphite, upper margin: Durameau Louis/Paris 1733-Versailles 1796; graphite at center of right margin: 109
Pierre Jean Mariette (French), his sale, Paris, (expert F. Basan), Nov. 15, 1775 - January 30, 1776, part of lot 1231: "onze sujets divers célèbres tableaux de différents grands Maîtres qui ne sont point encore connus par aucune Estampe et que feu M. Mariette avait prié cet Artiste de lui dessiner, pour lui en rappeler la mémoire, d'après B. Luti, Trevisani, Imperiali, Passeri, Mola etc. faits à la sanguine."; Pigache , his sale, Paris, hôtel d'Aligre (experts Chariot, Joullain), October 21, 1776, part of lot 489: "Dix dessins, d'après quelques tableaux capitaux qui sont à Rome, par M. Pretti, F. Mola, G. Passeri, F.Imperiali, J.-B. Speranza, T. Babuer, et C. Melin."; Vendor: Walter Schatzki
Dayton Art Institute. "French Artists in Italy, 1600-1900," October 15, 1971–November 28, 1971.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Artists in Rome in the 18th Century: Drawings and Prints," February 28–May 7, 1978.
Leclair D.9
Mariette sale, Pierre Jean Mariette, F. Basan Catalogue raisonné des différents objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts qui composent le cabinet de feu Mr Mariette [...] [Sale Paris, Basan, November 15, 1775-January 30, 1776]. Paris, 1775.
Jane van Nuis Cahill French Artists in Italy, 1600-1900. Exh. cat. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH. Dayton, Ohio, 1971.
Pierre Rosenberg French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Ex. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario, 2 Sept. - 15 Oct., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 3 Nov. - 17 Dec. 1972, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 12 Jan. - 11 Mar. 1973. Toronto, 1972.
Marc Sandoz Louis Jacques Durameau, 1733-1796. Paris, 1980.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986.
Jacques Foucart, Anne Leclair Louis-Jacques Durameau (1733-1796). Paris, 2001.
Les dessins de la collection Mariette: Ecole française. vol. I: A - E, Milan, 2011.
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