La toilette de Venus

1783

Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49.3 x 38.6 cm (19 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
    overall (outer framing line): 37.3 x 29.2 cm (14 11/16 x 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.2382

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 3

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.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 47b, as La Toilette de Vénus.

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. 47b.

Wikidata ID

Q64959222

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