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

Thursday, 19 March 2026

Nicolas Dorigny, “Evangelist St Mark with His Lion,” 1707, after Domenichino

Nicolas Dorigny (also known as Sir Nicolas Dorigny) (1658–1746)

“Evangelist St Mark with His Lion,” 1707 (inscribed in plate “1707,” but dated from 1702 by the French publisher, Mariette)

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching with engraving on heavy laid paper, trimmed along or slightly within the platemark, and backed with a support sheet of tissue-thin (Kozo) washi paper. This print is from the series of four plates, “The Four Evangelists” (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and the design is based on a fresco painting of the same composition executed between 1622 and 1627, decorating a pendentive in the Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle in Rome by Domenichino (aka Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641).

For a marvellous account and photographs of the series, see Simona Albanese’s blog: http://simonaalbanese.blogspot.com/2011/02/santandrea-della-valle-domenichinos.html.

The lower edge of the print features a Latin dedication to Charles Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654–1730), along with the coat-of-arms of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

This is a strong and well-printed impression. Aside from a few pinholes and minor marks, the large etching remains in remarkably good condition for its age and size.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 62 x 45 cm
• Image borderline: 58.5 x 44.4 cm

Plate Lettering below the image borderline:

• (Left) “Dominicus Zampieri pinx. Romæ in Ædibus Diui Andreæ / Sup. perm. an. 1707”
• (Left of centre) “Sereniss.^mo Principi CAROLO / Humillime dedicat, et consecrate”
• (Right of centre) “Landgrauio Hassiæ &c. / Obseq. et addict. Seruus Nicolaus Dorigny”
• (Right) “N. Dorigny Gallus delin. et incid. Romæ cum priu. Sum Pont. et Reg. Chris.”

References:

• IFF 90–93 (Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Sièle: CHAUVEL–DUVIVIER, 1954, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 3, p. 500, nos. 90–93)— https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489228q/f512.item
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1936-0810-34
• Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762415

Price & Shipping:

AU$406 (approximately US$287.57 / €248.72/ £214.52), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you’re interested in acquiring this spectacular etching—exemplifying the uplifting spirit of the Baroque age, inspired by Domenichino’s fresco, depicting St Mark holding a tablet next to an angel with a lively group of putti and St Mark’s lion below—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll gladly provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

This print has been sold