The Dead Body of Christ
Martial Desbois
c. 1690?
Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 39.7 x 30.4 cm (15 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 39.5 x 30.6 cm (15 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Katharine Shepard Fund
Accession Number
2002.75.1
About the Artist
Martial Desbois · 1630–1710
Martial Desbois (1630–1700), also known as Martial Dubois, was a French engraver active in Paris during the second half of the seventeenth century. Born in Paris in 1630, Desbois pursued a career as a copper plate engraver, creating both original compositions and reproductive prints after paintings by other artists. His work exemplifies the important role of reproductive engravers in seventeenth-c...