Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, “St. Jerome in the Desert”, 1791, after Titian

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (aka Vivant De Non; Vivant Denon) (1747–1825)

“St. Jerome in the Desert” (TIB title) (aka “Saint Jérôme dans le Desert”; “Landscape with the Penitent Jerome and Three Resting Lions”), 1791, after Titian (aka Tiziano Vecellio) (1489/90–1576), published as plate 17 in a series of prints illustrating the collection of Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (“Tiré du Cabinet de Mr Denon”).

Etching with drypoint printed in a warm black ink on heavy wove paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 51 x 73cm; (plate) 40.6 x 55.6cm; (image borderline) 38 x 53.5cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper right) “17.”; (lower right) “Denon [with the artist’s monogram]”.

TIB 12101.303 (Petra ten-Doesschate Chu 1985, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Dominique Vivant Denon: French Masters of the Nineteenth Century”, Vol. 121 [Part 1], New York, Abaris Books, p. 243, cat. no. [12101].303).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins. Beyond minor fractures/tears to the outer edge of the margins, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no significant stains.

I am selling this very beautiful, huge and marvellously rich impression for the total cost of AU$304 (currently US$196.78/ EUR186.43/ GBP155.12 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$304) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in this bold interpretation of Titian’s composition, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold