L'Indiscretion

1788

Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.2 x 28.4 cm (14 1/4 x 11 3/16 in.)
    plate: 48.7 x 36.3 cm (19 3/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.2368

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 41

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 61.

Bibliography

1875

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Nicolas Lavreince. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 1. Paris, 1875: 30 ii/iii.

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. 61.

Wikidata ID

Q64959197

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