Colonnade et Jardins du Palais de Medici (Colonnade and Gardens of the Palazzo Medici)

c. 1776

Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and wash manner, printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in memory of Neil Phillips

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.2 x 24.5 cm (11 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.5 x 29.3 cm (14 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.146.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 83, State [proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jeffrey Wortman, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, NGA, 2003, no. 37a.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 37a, as Colonade et jardins du palais Medicis (Colonnade and Gardens of the Palazzo Medici).

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 37a.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 3, fig. 3.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: H. Robert pix; lower right in image: F. Janinet

Wikidata ID

Q76345607

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