Jean’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

La Danse Russe (The Russian Dance)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

A Woman in Russian Dress
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Temple of Augustus
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

First Pastoral
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Jesus dans le Temple (Jesus in the Temple)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Sense of Smell
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona nôrint, Agricolas (O Happy Farmers If Only They Knew Their Blessings)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Taste
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Study for the Frontispiece, for Varie Vedute del Gentile
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Second Pastoral
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

La Jeune Bergere (The Young Sherpherdess, plate two from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Coeffure des Filles et des Femmes en Ete (Headdress for Girls and Women in the Summer, plate three from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Les Laveuses (The Washerwomen)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

The Pump
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Rustic Seaside Scene
Possibly Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Copy of Halte de Calmouks
possibly John Kirby Balrey (English, 1754-1828) after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734-1781)

Les Pecheurs (The Fishermen)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

View near St. Petersburg
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Femmes du Peuple (Women of the People, plate six from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781

Femme Mariee et ses Enfants (Married Woman and her Children, plate five from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French, 1734-1781