The Three Graces

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The Three Graces

Jean François JaninetLinkedCulture matchlcp-2e7c298cb05d

Date
1786
Medium
Color wash-manner etching and engraving
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
149177

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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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Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals

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