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The Indiscretion
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The Indiscretion

Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814), artist; Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish), artist · 1788 · Color wash-manner engraving and etching

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineThe Indiscretion, 1788. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814), after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish). Color wash-manner engraving and etching; sheet: 57.6 x 43 cm (22 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.); platemark: 48.3 x 36.2 cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2001.18
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