Carrying the Cross.

After the original by A. Dieu.
Engraving, etching. 557×724.
At the bottom of the image, on the ribbon: Ant. Dieu pinx. Joe Audran scul.; in the lower corner of the image, on the left: P. Drevet excud.; on the right: Cum Priuilegio Regis; below the image, in three columns: Pecheur, voyant ton Dieu, par un amour extreme... C’est là qu’il faut tóffrir, comme une autre victime.
A rare sheet – with the address of Pierre Drévet, not listed in Le Blanc and in the Inventory of French collections of the National Library of France. Discovered only in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam).
Inv. G 658.
Literature: Nagler, Bd. 1, p. 194.

Dieu, Antoine (ca. 1662, Paris – 1727, Paris) – French artist, the author of paintings on historical subjects and portraits.