The Indiscretion, 1788. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752-1814), after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish). Color wash-manner engraving and etching; sheet: x 43 cm (22 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.); platemark: x cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.). The Indiscretion is from a suite of three scenes of women sharing secrets in the privacy of their boudoirs. The woman wearing a decadent hat has taken a love letter from the girl in white, who pleads with her older companion to give it back. Janinet refined the tools used in chalk-manner printmaking to create wash-manner etchings and engravings that imitate opaq
The Indiscretion, 1788. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752-1814), after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish). Color wash-manner engraving and etching; sheet: x 43 cm (22 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.); platemark: x cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.). The Indiscretion is from a suite of three scenes of women sharing secrets in the privacy of their boudoirs. The woman wearing a decadent hat has taken a love letter from the girl in white, who pleads with her older companion to give it back. Janinet refined the tools used in chalk-manner printmaking to create wash-manner etchings and engravings that imitate opaque watercolors, such as The Lover’s Visit and The Surprised Lovers on view nearby.
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