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

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Benoît Audran I, “The Crucifixion (Consummatum Est)”, pub. c. 1815, after Poussin

Benoît Audran I (also known as Bened Audran) (1661–1721)

“The Crucifixion (Consummatum Est)” (or, as titled on the plate: “Consummatum est: C'est en ce jour que tout est consōmé” [It is finished: It is on this day that everything is consumed]), later printing published circa 1789 or around 1811–1820

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraving on heavy paper—possibly laid paper, as suggested by the faintly visible chain lines—slightly unevenly trimmed around the platemark and professionally mounted to a secondary support sheet of archival-quality washi paper.

This print was initially published unsigned by the artist, with the inscription: “a Paris chez Audran rue S. Iacques aux 2. Piliers d'or auec priuil du Roy.” See the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum’s collection: https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/89/item_DDZ2SG4ZFHCRVH3FMMYH3GNLROFANKUK?lang=.

This impression was published in Paris by Pierre Jean (active 1784–1820), at his firm’s established address: “rue Jean de Beauvais, No. 10”. The secularised spelling of the street name suggests a publication date in the later 1811–1820 period, during which Jean resumed publication after 1789.

The design is based on Nicolas Poussin’s (1594–1665) painting, “Crucifixion” (1645–46), formerly in the collection of Lord Dundas and now held at the Wadsworth Atheneum (Connecticut). It may also follow the 1674 etching titled “The Crucifixion” by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (also known as Claudia Bouzonnet-Stella, 1636–1697). For details of this etching, see the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1157068/the-crucifixion-print-stella-claudine/.

The impression is strong, crisp, and evenly printed. Aside from minor restored tears around the edges (some entering the image), the sheet remains in very good condition—free of holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet/Platemark: 28.4 x 37.7 cm
• Image: 25.6 x 35.7 cm

In-Plate Lettering below the image:

• Left: “Poussin pinxit”
• Centre: “Consummatum est: / St. Jean XIX. / C'est en ce jour que tout est consōmé.”
• Right of Centre: “A Paris chez Jean. rue Jean de Beauvais. N^o. 10.”

Price & Shipping:

AU$253 (approx. US$175.63 / €154.08 / £131.48), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if applicable) are the buyer’s responsibility.

To acquire this eerily dark and turbulent engraving capturing the final words of Christ’s agony on the cross, “Consummatum est” (It is finished), please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless and protected transaction.