La Comparaison

1786

Jean-François Janinet after Nicolas Lavreince

Associated Names
Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

Nicolas Lavreince

Artist After, Swedish, 1737 - 1807

The image shows two women indoors. One woman is seated at a table, while the other stands behind her. The seated woman has light brown curly hair and wears a white gown. The standing woman has curly hair, a hat with feathers, and wears a white blouse with a yellow skirt. Both women have delicate facial features. The room has a wooden table, an ornate chair, a dresser with a bottle, and a wrapped box with red flowers. A blue drape falls from the ceiling in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.3 x 28.6 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
    plate: 48.4 x 36 cm (19 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2366

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 40, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 59, as La Comparaison by Jean-François Janinet after Nicolas Lavreince.

Bibliography

1875

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Nicolas Lavreince. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 1. Paris, 1875: 12 ii/ii.

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. 59.

Wikidata ID

Q64959193

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