The Stoning of St Stephen (after da Cortona)
François Louvement (b.1648)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
c. 1630 - 1669
Materials
Hand-coloured etching and engraving on paper
Measurements
578 x 392 x 40 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730922
Summary
Hand-coloured engraving, The Stoning of St Stephen, François Louvement (b.1648) after Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596 – Rome 1669), mid seventeenth century, hand-coloured by Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790) or Hendrik Frans van Lint, Rome, Italy, 1759-1762. The inscription cut from the print is pasted to the backboard. The original is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
Provenance
Commissioned by Henry Hoare II, called 'the Magnificent' (1705-1785). Listed in a price list accompanying a letter from John Plimmer to Hoare, 9 June 1759 (WSA, 383.907). Listed in a studio bill enclosed with a letter from Thomas Jenkins to Hoare, 19 June 1762 (WSA, 383.907). Listed in 'The Catalogue or Particulars of the Pictures Prints Statues and other Things' attached to the Stourhead Settlement, 1784, attributed to 'Studio' (see Dodd, 2016) (WSA, 383.715). Thence by descent. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
François Louvement (b.1648) , printer Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596 – Rome 1669), original artist Hendrik Frans van Lint, colourist Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790), colourist