Antique Master Print-CHRIST-CARRYING-CROSS-GOLGOTHA-Audran-Mignard-c.1690

Christ Carrying the Cross who has collapsed under the cross on his way to Golgotha,

Made by Gerard Audran after Pierre Mignard.

Medium: Etching/Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 37.3 x 28.9 cm (14.69 x 11.38 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light surface damage. Small red stain. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHRIST-CARRYING-CROSS-GOLGOTHA | PCO-E17-4

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Gerard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 1640 – 26 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran.

Biography artist: Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He was a near-contemporary of the Premier Peintre du Roi Charles Le Brun with whom he engaged in a bitter, life-long rivalry.