Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince was a French painter, etcher, draftsperson, artist and copper engraver (1734–1781). He was born at Metz and died at Lagny-sur-Marne.
Also recorded as Jean Le Prince; Jean Baptiste Leprince; Jean-Baptiste LePrince; Jean Baptiste Le Prince; Jean-Baptiste le Prince; M. le Prince.
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince in brief
- Born
- 1734
- Died
- 1781
- Known for
- painter, etcher, draftsperson, artist and copper engraver
- Place of birth
- Metz
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Le Prince, Jean Baptiste Leprince, Jean-Baptiste LePrince, Jean Baptiste Le Prince and Jean-Baptiste le Prince. His recorded language was French.
He was the child of Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Leprince.
Formation and teaching
He trained under François Boucher.
As a teacher, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is recorded in connection with Charles Clément Bervic, Jean Baptiste Hilaire and Tavernier de Jonquières. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Recognition and collections
Work by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is held by Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Finnish National Gallery.
Identity
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is recorded as painter, etcher, draftsperson, artist and copper engraver. Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is recorded with the citizenship of France.
Works and catalogued output
What Jean-Baptiste Le Prince produced.
Jean-Baptiste de Silva. Line engraving by E. Ficquet, 1765, after H. Rigaud, 1740. is dated 1765 and held by Wellcome Collection. Itelmen Preparing Fish to be Dried is dated 1769 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2012.53). La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance) is dated 1769 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1977.323). Rural Recreation is dated 1769 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1927.334). Fear (La Crainte) is dated 1769 and held by Toledo Museum of Art (inventory 1970.444). The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading.
The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 13 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Jean-Baptiste Le Prince stands.
Musicians play their instruments as a dancer entertains a crowd of people gathered under an awning and on the steps of a large building. Etching by St. Aubin et de Laungy after J.B. Le Prince. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765. is dated [1765] and held by Wellcome Collection. An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775. is dated 1775 and held by Wellcome Collection. The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere. is dated 1744 and held by Wellcome Collection. A young woman is being pushed on a rope swing strung between two trees, a companion sits on the ground beneath. Etching, 17--. is dated 1700-1799 and held by Wellcome Collection. A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770. is dated 1770 and held by Wellcome Collection.
A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769. is dated 1769 and held by Wellcome Collection. Jesus dans le Temple (Jesus in the Temple) is dated 1768 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.584). The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou) is dated 1773 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2008.456). A Woman in Russian Dress is dated 1780 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2009.654). Inuit Manner of Dress is dated 1769 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2012.54). A lady in a red dress in an interior is dated 1765 and held by Bonnefanten Museum (inventory 2402).
The Cabak, a Tavern outside of Moscow is dated 1767 and held by Nationalmuseum (inventory NM 6727). Scene from Russian Everyday Life is dated 1764 and held by Hermitage Museum (inventory ГЭ-8408). Maternal Solicitude is dated 1777 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1953.609). Temple of Augustus is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2008.225). The Tartar Camp is catalogued and held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (inventory BF.1988.7). Sense of Smell is dated 1774 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.583).
First Pastoral is dated 1769 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.577). The Russian Cradle is dated 1764 and held by J. Paul Getty Museum (inventory 72.PA.23). The Boathouse is dated 1769 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1956.016). Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence records 1 object associated with this heading. Visit to a Palmist is dated 1775 and held by Hermitage Museum (inventory ГЭ-5645).
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is held.
Oeuvres de Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, peintre du Roi (1782) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou) (1773) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream (1756) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Kamchatkans Preparing Fish to be Dried (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Shepherd with His Flock in a Clearing (1776) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. A Fisherman and his Family. (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Young Girl Holding a Bird (1700) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 143 objects associated with this name. The Art Institute of Chicago records 8 objects associated with this heading. Maternal Solicitude (1777) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Art of Pleasing (1771) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 9 objects associated with this heading.
Rural Recreation (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Head of a Young Woman is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Wellcome Collection records 22 objects associated with this heading.
Catalogued works
20 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1744 to 1780.
Divers ajustements et usages de Russie, dediés à Monsieur Boucher. Oeuvres de Jean-Baptiste Le Prince ... Divers ajustements et usages de Russie ... La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance), dated 1769, aquatint with etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1977.323. A Woman in Russian Dress, dated 1780, red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2009.654. Temple of Augustus, dated n.d., etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.225. First Pastoral, dated 1769, aquatint and etching in sepia on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.577. Jesus dans le Temple (Jesus in the Temple), dated 1768, aquatint and etching on off-white laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.584. Sense of Smell, dated 1774, etching and aquatint on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.583. Rural Recreation, dated 1769, etching and aquatint, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1927.334. The Moscow Tavern, dated c. 1773, pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash on white laid paper, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2008.355. Maternal Solicitude, dated 1777, pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black ink, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1953.609. The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou), dated 1773, aquatint, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2008.456. Jean-Baptiste de Silva. Line engraving by E. Ficquet, 1765, after H. Rigaud, 1740., dated 1765, held by Wellcome Collection. The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere., dated 1744, held by Wellcome Collection. A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765., dated [1765], held by Wellcome Collection. An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775., dated 1775, held by Wellcome Collection. A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770., dated 1770, held by Wellcome Collection. Musicians play their instruments as a dancer entertains a crowd of people gathered under an awning and on the steps of a large building. Etching by St. Aubin et de Laungy after J.B. Le Prince., held by Wellcome Collection. A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769., dated 1769, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
training under François Boucher is recorded. Charles Clément Bervic, Jean Baptiste Hilaire and Tavernier de Jonquières are recorded as having studied under Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. the recorded working language is French.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.
Membership is recorded of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Works named in the authority record are The Cabak, a Tavern outside of Moscow.
Work by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Finnish National Gallery and J. Paul Getty Museum.
Chronology
- 1700A young woman is being pushed on a rope swing strung between two trees, a companion sits on the ground beneath. Etching, 17--. is dated 1700-1799 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1700Young Girl Holding a Bird (1700) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1734Jean-Baptiste Le Prince born at Metz.
- 1744The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere. is dated 1744 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1756Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream (1756) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1764Scene from Russian Everyday Life is dated 1764 and held by Hermitage Museum (inventory ГЭ-8408).
- 1764The Russian Cradle is dated 1764 and held by J. Paul Getty Museum (inventory 72.PA.23).
- 1765Jean-Baptiste de Silva. Line engraving by E. Ficquet, 1765, after H. Rigaud, 1740. is dated 1765 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1765A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765. is dated [1765] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1765A lady in a red dress in an interior is dated 1765 and held by Bonnefanten Museum (inventory 2402).
- 1767The Cabak, a Tavern outside of Moscow is dated 1767 and held by Nationalmuseum (inventory NM 6727).
- 1768Jesus dans le Temple (Jesus in the Temple) is dated 1768 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.584).
- 1769Itelmen Preparing Fish to be Dried is dated 1769 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2012.53).
- 1769La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance) is dated 1769 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1977.323).
- 1769Rural Recreation is dated 1769 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1927.334).
- 1769Fear (La Crainte) is dated 1769 and held by Toledo Museum of Art (inventory 1970.444).
- 1769A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769. is dated 1769 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1769Inuit Manner of Dress is dated 1769 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2012.54).
- 1769First Pastoral is dated 1769 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.577).
- 1769The Boathouse is dated 1769 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1956.016).
- 1769Kamchatkans Preparing Fish to be Dried (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1769A Fisherman and his Family. (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1769Rural Recreation (1769) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1769La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance) (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1770A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770. is dated 1770 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1771The Art of Pleasing (1771) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1773The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou) is dated 1773 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2008.456).
- 1773The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou) (1773) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1774Sense of Smell is dated 1774 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.583).
- 1775An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775. is dated 1775 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1775Visit to a Palmist is dated 1775 and held by Hermitage Museum (inventory ГЭ-5645).
- 1776Shepherd with His Flock in a Clearing (1776) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1777Maternal Solicitude is dated 1777 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1953.609).
- 1777Maternal Solicitude (1777) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1780A Woman in Russian Dress is dated 1780 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2009.654).
- 1780A Woman in Russian Dress (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1781Jean-Baptiste Le Prince died at Lagny-sur-Marne.
- 1782Oeuvres de Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, peintre du Roi (1782) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1988The Tartar Camp is catalogued and held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (inventory BF.1988.7).
- 2008Temple of Augustus is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2008.225).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
« Le Cabak » de Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Revue de l'art, 1986
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Le «Cabak» de Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Revue de l'Art, 1986
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Open Library author record for Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
“Jean-Baptiste Le Prince”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 21 digitised items catalogued under Jean-Baptiste Le Prince as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 10.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 11.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (143 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 12.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 22 works naming Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 13.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q562013: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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