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

Friday, 22 August 2025

Circle of Lodovico Carracci, “Madonna and Child with John the Baptist”, c.1610, after Lodovico Carracci

Unidentified artist from the circle of Lodovico Carracci (aka Ludovico Carracci) (1555–1619)

“Madonna and Child with John the Baptist”, c.1610, after the engraving and drypoint (c.1602–1604) in the reverse direction by Lodovico Carracci (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-612 [BM inv. no. 1874,0808.612]).

Engraving on tan laid paper, trimmed around the image borderline, with the upper-left corner replenished, and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.8 x 13.3cm

Inscribed in plate: (lower left corner) “Lo[d].^co C. 1.”

Inscribed in crayon (?): (lower right corner) “I S”—possibly an erroneous reference to Pietro Stefanoni (c.1589–c.1614) who made a reverse copy of Lodovico Carracci’s print (TIB 3905.003 C1) and was also the publisher of the original print by Lodovico Carracci (TIB 3905.003)

TIB 3905.OO3 C3 (Babette Bohn 1996, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century”, vol. 39 [Commentary Part 2], New York, Abaris Books, p. 132, cat. no. [3905].003 C3].041)

Condition: a well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline with the upper-left corner replenished, and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this early engraving from the 1600s—possibly a lifetime impression based on the quality of line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate—after Lodovico Carracci, for the total cost of AU$331 (approximately US$212.56, EUR 183.23 or GBP 158.55). This price includes worldwide express postage and handling. Please note that any applicable import duties or taxes imposed by the destination country are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this curiously interesting engraving that is both sensitively engraved but, arguably, somewhat crude in its translation of Carracci’s original composition, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.