Assembly of very beautiful proofs bearing the inscription "JOHANNES COUSIN SENONIENCIS INVENIT ET PINXIT, PETRUS DE IODE IN AES INCIDIT A PARIS CHEZ P. DREVET AUX GALLERIES."
This is a work of which Jean Cousin the son (c. 1522-c. 1594) is the creator and painter (invenit et pinxit) and Peter de Jode (1570-1634) the engraver (incidit).
The inscription also tells us that these engravings are in Paris, at the home of Pierre Drevet (1663-1738) who was housed in the Louvre (hence the term "aux Galleries").
An engraving identical to ours with the same inscription is referenced in the database of the Ministry of Culture as being preserved in Normandy in Avranches, church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais (https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM50012631).
Another, listed by the heritage inventory, is preserved in Orbernai, in Alsace (https://inventaire.grandest.fr/gertrude-diffusion/dossier)./IM67003296#lienInterDossier )
Finally, a painting after the original by Jean Cousin on this composition, was painted c. 1585 for the convent of the Minimes of Vincennes and is today preserved in the Louvre (145 x 142), INV 3445.






























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