The Three Graces
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Since ancient times, art critics had praised painters for their ability to portray subjects so lifelike that they might be mistaken for the real thing. The mastery of printing techniques that produced full-color images like this one featuring female nudes with remarkably naturalistic skin gave French printmakers new capabilities that for centuries had been the exclusive domain of painters. In addition to his work in printmaking, Jean-François Janinet was an amateur physicist and experimented with traveling by hot air balloon.
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- Maker
- Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814), after Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675–1741)
- Date
- 1786
- Medium
- Color wash-manner etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 44 x 32 cm (17 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 50.5 x 33.5 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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