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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

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Sepia print of shepherds with a lute, sheep, cattle and a birdcage under trees in a pastoral landscape.

Rural Recreation

1769

Etching of a married woman in a headscarf standing with two children beside a log house and wooden fence.

Femme Mariee et ses Enfants (Married Woman and her Children, plate five from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)

1765

Etching of a veiled woman in a long robe standing before seated men in tall hats beside a bench and trees.

Coeffure des Filles et des Femmes en Ete (Headdress for Girls and Women in the Summer, plate three from Divers Habill…

1765

Etching of two veiled women and a young girl in traditional dress standing outdoors beside a wooden house.

Femmes du Peuple (Women of the People, plate six from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)

1765

Etching of a woman in a headdress with a fur wrap, a child with a toy string, and a seated figure on a grassy bank.

Retour de la Promenande (Returning from the Walk, plate four from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)

1765

Etching of a log cottage, haystack and fence beside a pond with ducks and geese, under a cloudy sky.

View near St. Petersburg

n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure working a water pump beside a well, with cows, sheep, dogs and ducks in a rural landsc

The Pump

1771

Sepia print of a pastoral scene: a woman and child under a tree with a man, a cow, sheep and a dog.

First Pastoral

1769

Sepia print of a seated shepherd with goats and sheep beneath a tree, with cattle grazing in the distant landscape.

Second Pastoral

1769

Sepia pastoral print of a bull, sheep, and a dog with wreathed figures playing pipes and drum under a tree.

O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona nôrint, Agricolas (O Happy Farmers If Only They Knew Their Blessings)

1768

Sepia print of two women in an interior, one smelling a flower sprig while the other tends a smoking burner.

Sense of Smell

1774

Sepia drawing of two fishermen by a moored boat with a sail, a large tree, a wooden hut and a stone tower.

Les Pecheurs (The Fishermen)

1771

Sepia print of Jesus speaking among seated elders in a columned temple hall with a chandelier, by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.

Jesus dans le Temple (Jesus in the Temple)

1768

Sepia landscape of three washerwomen and a child beside a rustic cottage and wooden shed under large trees.

Les Laveuses (The Washerwomen)

1771

Sepia print of a woman feeding a child from a spoon beside a hearth, with other children, a pot and a tree overhead.

Taste

1774

Two brown ink prints on a mat: a bearded man in a headcloth looking up, and a seated bearded figure in a tall cap pointing.

A Russian Priest (1965.9.36), and Head of a man (1977.147.3)

1768

Etching of a winter scene: a woman on a sled pulled by a fur-coated figure, turbaned onlookers, and a snowy village with chur

Complacency: in Russia it is among the people a general joy the return of the snow [...]

1764

Etching of a cake seller and a woman in headscarf arranging pastries on a table under a tent, with French title text.

Le Marchand de Gâteau

1765

Etching of a bearded lemonade seller in a wide hat holding a pitcher and cup, with a ship and market stalls behind him.

Le Marchande de Limonade

1765

Etching of a woman in a headscarf and long coat standing in a rural landscape with trees, captioned as a woman from Dingrie n

Femme de la province Dingrie, du côté de la Finlande

1764

Etching of a woman in a fur shawl pulling a sled with two children past log houses in a snowy Russian village.

La promenade en hiver : en Russie il est assez rare en hiver de voir porter aucuns fardeaux pas même les plus legers…

1764

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf carrying a yoke with a tub of clothes and draped cloth, seated figures and tents behind h

Maniere dont les femmes portent differents fardeaux

1764

Faint engraved print of figures returning from market, with a library stamp and handwritten shelf mark on the page.

Femmes du peuple revenant du marché : elles portent presque toutes leurs provisions dans un sac fait d'ecorse d'arbres

1764

Sepia print of fishermen hauling nets on a riverbank beside a tree, with sailboats on the water and a distant village.

Les Filets (The Nets)

1771

Sepia print of a dancer in a turban and robe performing for seated onlookers and a musician beside draped tents and trees.

La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance)

1769

Sepia print of women and a child washing by a stream beside a thatched cottage and tall trees under clouds.

Les Laveuses (The Laundresses)

1771

Sepia print of three women washing by a thatched cottage beneath tall trees, with a wooden shed and cloudy sky.

The Washerwomen (Les Laveuses)

1771

Monochrome print of a bearded old man in a turban with a bird on his shoulder, signed Le Prince, 1768.

Head of a Drooping Old Woman

1768

Brown wash drawing of a man playing a pipe near three seated figures under a tree, with a tent beside them.

Le Joueur de Chalumeau

1770

Sepia print of fishermen hauling nets on a riverbank, with boats on the river and a pagoda on the distant shore.

Les filets

1771

Sepia print of laundresses seated by washing basins beside a rustic cottage under tall trees and a cloudy sky.

Les Laveuses (Laundresses)

1771

Sepia print of a standing woman, a seated infant, and two winged angels, one kneeling with a basket of fruit.

Adoration of the Angels (L’Adoration des anges)

ca.1770