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, 3 April 2026

Jean Audran, “Portrait of Pierre Paul Rubens”, 1710, after Jean Marc Nattier & Anthony van Dyck

Jean Audran (1667–1756)

“Portrait of Pierre Paul Rubens”, 1710

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching and engraving on heavy laid paper with a watermark, featuring wide margins. This portrait is based on the intermediary design by Jean Marc Nattier (1685–1766) and after the painting of the same composition by Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641).

This portrait serves as the frontispiece to the series of twenty-four plates “La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg,” published in Paris by Gaspard Duchange (1662–1757) with royal privilege (Lodewijk XIV).

The impression is strong, richly inked, and well-printed—near faultless. Aside from minor handling marks, the sheet is in excellent condition.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 61.2 x 46 cm
• Platemark: 50.3 x 35.5 cm
• Image borderline: 44.1 x 33.3 cm

In-Plate Lettering (below the image borderline):

• Left: “Van Dyck pinxit”
• Centre: “Pierre Paul Rubens. / Naquit à Cologne l’an 1577. Il étoit fils de Jean Rubens, noble d’extraction et Conseitter dan le Senat d’Anvers. It commença / de peindre la Gallerie que l’on donne aupublic en 1620. Fut envoié en Angleterre en qualité d’Ambassadeur du Roi d’Espagne / et mourut a Anvers en 1640. agé de 63. ans. / Se vend a Paris chez G. Duchange Graveur du Roy ruë S^t. Jacques au dessus de la ruë des Mathurins. Avec Privilege.”
• Right: “I.M. Nattier delin. I. Audran Scul 1710.”

References:

• IFF 35; Schneevoogt 162.64; LeBlanc 330; Diepenbroick 21596; Drugulin 17789; Singer 78275
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200151422
• British Museum (this print): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1948-0315-3-115
• British Museum (the series): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Hh-6-1

Price & Shipping:

AU$568 (approximately US$392.47 / €339.95 / £196.53), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this large historically important portrait of Rubens, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll be happy to provide a PayPal invoice for a smooth and secure purchase.

This print has been sold