Oeuvre de J. B. Le Prince Sur les Moeurs, les Coutumes et les Habillemens de différents Peuples, Gravé en partie à l'Eau Forte et le reste par le procédé qu'il a inventé pour produire l'effet des Desseins lavés

1770·Bound volume with engraved title page, 88 etchings, and 36 etchings and aquatints printed in brown on laid paper [plus one loose etching and engraving by Guillaume-Philippe Benoist after Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (see 1942.9.1640)]·book (volume closed): 56.7 × 42 × 3 cm (22 5/16 × 16 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.) page size: 55.5 × 40 cm (21 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

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Year: 1770
Medium: Bound volume with engraved title page, 88 etchings, and 36 etchings and aquatints printed in brown on laid paper [plus one loose etching and engraving by Guillaume-Philippe Benoist after Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (see 1942.9.1640)]
Dimensions: book (volume closed): 56.7 × 42 × 3 cm (22 5/16 × 16 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.) page size: 55.5 × 40 cm (21 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Artist: Jean Baptiste Le Prince

Artist

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

Painting

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Le Prince was an important French etcher and painter. Le Prince first studied painting techniques in his native Metz. He then travelled to Paris around 1750 after being sponsored by Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle and became a leading student of the great painter, François Boucher. Le Prince's early paintings in both theme and style are comparable to his master's rococo techniques. He was the half-brother of French author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.

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