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The Three Graces
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The Three Graces

Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814), artist; Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675–1741), artist · 1786 · Color wash-manner etching and engraving

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Since ancient times, art critics had praised painters for their ability to portray subjects so lifelike that they might be mistaken for the real thing. The mastery of printing techniques that produced full-color images like this one featuring female nudes with remarkably naturalistic skin gave French printmakers new capabilities that for centuries had been the exclusive domain of painters.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineThe Three Graces, 1786. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814), after Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675–1741). Color wash-manner etching and engraving; platemark: 44 x 32 cm (17 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.); sheet: 50.5 x 33.5 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals, 1977.94
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