Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Jean Pierre Simon, “Study of a Crouching Man”, late 1700s, before 1797, after Charles Le Brun

Jean Pierre Simon (aka John Peter Simon, the Younger) (pre1750–c.1810)

“Study of a Crouching Man” (aka “Completed Study of a Man Crouching on all Fours”), late 1700s, before 1797, plate 36 from the ninth book of prints (possibly showcasing works from “la Galerie du Museum de France” mentioned in the inscription?), inspired by the altarpiece painting, “The Nativity” by Charles Le Brun (aka Charles Lebrun) (1619–1690), published in Paris by Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797).

Stipple engraving on laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 23.1 x 31.8 cm; (image borderline) 18.9 x 29.2 cm

Lettered in plate: (upper left) “9^e. Cahier”; (lower left) “C. Le Brun pinx.”; (lower centre) “Etude d'Homme,/ d'après le Tableau de la Nativité, par Le Brun, de la Galerie du Museum de France./ a Paris. chez Basan, M^d. d’Estampes, Rue dt Hôtel Serpente.”; (upper right) “N^o. 36.”: (lower right) “J. P. Simon del. & Sculp.”

The Academy Fine Arts of Puebla offer a description of this print: http://www.bellasartespuebla.buap.mx:8181/apps/estampas/estampa-ficha.xql?cat=Cristianismo&id=ABA-0419.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed along the platemark and laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet has surface marks and a pale stain in the margin at right, otherwise the sheet is in a fair to good condition with no tears, holes or significant stains.

I am selling this marvellous example of stippling by one of the leading British artists to use this technique—see an excellent account of Jean Pierre Simon’s work offered by Art of the Print: https://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/simon_jean_pierre_nativity.htm—for AU$232 (equivalent to approximately US$145.87, EUR 136.33, or GBP 113.63 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$232).

If you are interested in purchasing this superb engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.