Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte & Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Les Petits Fileurs (The Little Spinners)

Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte's original lithograph, "Les Petits Fileurs" (The Little Spinners) is based upon a design created by Pierre Paul Prud’hon. This beautiful work of art was published by the artist in Paris in 1848 and bears the title, "Les Petits Fileurs", the artist's name and date, "Lith. par Aubry-Lecomte 1848", the designer's name, "Dessine par Prud'hon", the printer's name "Imp. Jacomme" and the publisher's details "A Paris, chez Aubry-Lecomte, Rue du Bac, 38" along the lower margin. This scene portrays two pudgy putti on a platform spinning wool. It is a fine, original example of the lithographic art created by the French artist, Aubry-Lecomte, also listed as Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, and the Louvre, Paris include an of "Les Petits Fileurs" in their permanent collections.

Original Lithograph by the French artist, Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte 'Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte' after a design by Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Les Petits Fileurs (The Little Spinners)

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Paul Prud'hon, Pierre (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823)
#	Image	Artist & Title	Medium	Date	Artist Info	Info
01.-		Les Petits Fileurs (The Little Spinners) by Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte designed by Pierre Paul Prud'hon	Original Lithograph	1848	Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte 'Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte' (Nice, 1797 - Paris, 1858) after Pierre Paul Prud'hon (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823)	Bearing the title, "Les Petits Fileurs", the artist's name and date, "Lith. par Aubry-Lecomte 1848", the designer's name, "Dessine par Prud'hon", the printer's name "Imp. Jacomme" and the publisher's details "A Paris, chez Aubry-Lecomte, Rue du Bac, 38" along the lower margin as published by Aubry-Lecomte in Paris in 1848.
02.-		Portrait Study of a Sleeping Woman Circle of Constance Mayer and Pierre Paul Prud'hon	Original Black Chalk Drawing on Tan Laid Paper	c. 1810 - 1820	Marie-Francoise Constanc Mayer, 'Constance Mayer' (Chauny dans l'Aisne, 1776 - Paris 1821) Paul Prud'hon, Pierre (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823)	Drawn upon thin, laid paper with no discernable watermark and backed upon a sheet of wove paper by a previous owner. Bearing the aforementioned writing along the lower right margin.

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Title:	Les Petits Fileurs (The Little Spinners)
Designer:	Prud'hon, Pierre Paul (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823)
Artist:	Aubry-Lecomte, Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste, 'Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte' (Nice, 1797 - Paris, 1858)
Date:	1848
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Aubry-Lecomte, 38 Rue du Bac, Paris
Printer:	Jacomme
Note:	Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte 'Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte': 'Le prince des lithographes' actually began his career as an official in the Ministry of Finance and worked there from 1816 to 1823. At the same time he studied art techniques in the studio of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824) and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Aubry-Lecomte initially exhibited his art in Paris in 1819. During the following years he both created and published his fine lithographs based upon the designs of Girodet-Trioson, Prud’hon, Gerard, Dejuinne, Vernet, Greuze and other French masters. Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte received the Legion d’Honneur in 1849.
	What sets the lithographic art of Aubry-Lecomte apart from most other reproductive artists is his complete technical mastery of the medium. His 1824 masterpiece, Danae, after Girodet, simply ranks as one of the finest accomplishments in the history of lithography. Its tonal and tactile values and its graduations of light and shade are without parallel. And even in a less complex work, such as, Les Petits Fileurs, these remarkable elements are clearly present.
	Today the lithographic art of Hyacinthe Aubre-Lecomte is included in such major collections as the Louvre, Paris, the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, the British Museum, London, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art includes an of "Les Petits Fileurs" under the title of “The Little Spinners” in its permanent collection, Accession Number: 60.620.96. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston contains an of "Les Petits Fileurs" in their collection, Accession Number M21119. The Rijks Museum, Amsterdam contains an of this original lithograph in its collection, number RP-P-1970-319. And the Louvre, Paris, also contains an of this original lithograph in its permanent collection, Inventory # 19967 LR/Recto - Anciens numeros d'inventaire: 15391.
	During the first half of the nineteenth century lithography in France vied with painting as the single most important source of artistic inspiration and expression. During both the neo classical and Romantic periods such great masters as Ingres, Delacroix and Gericault created some of their finest work in this medium. In this era reproductive lithographs – that is, lithographic interpretations of the paintings and drawings of other artists – were viewed as just as important as lithographs completely designed and created by a single artist. There was no greater master in this field than Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte, who was admired most particularly for his delicate and sensuous lithographs after the designs of both Prud’hon and Girodet. Such fine graphic art gave him the unofficial, lifetime title of "Le prince des lithographes".
	Pierre Paul Prud'hon: A major French, neoclassical painter, Pierre Paul Prud'hon was the thirteenth child of a stone mason. After learning the fundamentals of art by himself the Bishop of Macon enrolled Prud'hon in the Academy of Dijon. In 1782 Prud'hon was awarded a prize to study art in Italy. There the art of both Leonardo and Correggio provided a lifelong inspiration for his work. Pierre Paul Prud'hon returned to France in 1789.
	Prud'hon's initial years in Paris were full of hardship. He had married some years earlier a woman who suffered through periods of violence and alcoholism. That, in combination with a growing family, led him to take any sort of work, including designs for the lids of sweetmeat boxes.
	His fortune changed when he created designs for the publisher, Didot. By 1800, Prud'hon had emerged as a leading painter and he received important commissions from the Louvre and the Palais de Justice. Pierre Prud'hon received the Legion of Honour in 1809 and was elected a member of the Institute in 1816. His famous art is both of his time and looks forward to the age of nineteenth century Romanticism.
	As fine as Prud'hon's paintings are, it is his drawings which enter the realm of masterworks. His studies of the human form, in particular, are among the greatest in the history of art.
	Les Petits Fileurs (The Little Spinners): Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte's original lithograph, "Les Petits Fileurs" (The Little Spinners) is based upon a design created by Pierre Paul Prud’hon. This beautiful work of art bears the title, "Les Petits Fileurs", the artist's name and date, "Lith. par Aubry-Lecomte 1848", the designer's name, "Dessine par Prud'hon", the printer's name "Imp. Jacomme" and the publisher's details "A Paris, chez Aubry-Lecomte, Rue du Bac, 38" along the lower margin as published by Aubry-Lecomte in Paris in 1848. This scene in "Les Petits Fileurs" portrays two pudgy little putti facing each other on a platform while they spin wool. It is a striking example of the art of Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte and Pierre Paul Prud'hon.
Raisonne:	Edmond de Concourt, "Catalogue Raisonne de L’Oeuvre Peint, Dessine et Grave de P. P. Prud’Hon", Rapilly, Labraire et Marchand D’Estampes, 5, Quai Malaquais, Paris, 1876, “Les Petits Fileurs”, Dessine par Prud’hon. Lithog. Par Aubry Lecomte, 1848, Catalogue #111, Pg. 214, 355 & 367.
Size:	8 1/8 X 5 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine chine colle which has been pressed onto a very large sheet of white, wove paper and with full margins as printed in Paris by the artist in 1848. Bearing the title, "Les Petits Fileurs", the artist's name and date, "Lith. par Aubry-Lecomte 1848", the designer's name, "Dessine par Prud'hon", the printer's name "Imp. Jacomme" and the publisher's details "A Paris, chez Aubry-Lecomte, Rue du Bac, 38" along the lower margin.. Containing slight foxing and paper toning in the margins, else a superb and in good condition throughout. "Les Petits Fileurs" (The Little Spinners) represents an striking, original example of the art of Hyacinthe Aubre-Lecomte and Pierre Paul Prud’hon.
Subject:	Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte, Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, Pierre Paul Prud’hon, "Les Petits Fileurs" (The Little Spinners) original lithograph, "Le prince des lithographes," Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824), technical mastery of the medium. Note: The the first edition of this original lithograph was printed in 1848 by Jacomme. The second edition was printed by Auguste Bry in 1849.
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