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Rural Recreation

1769

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

(French, 1734–1781)
Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
etching and aquatint
Measurements
Sheet: 58.5 x 43.5 cm (23 1/16 x 17 1/8 in.); Platemark: 37.7 x 29.8 cm (14 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.334
Catalogue raisonné
Le Blanc, vol. II, p. 539, no. 45 (Inventiare du Fonds Français 131)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

To create printed reproductions of his wash drawings, Le Prince refined the method of aquatint, which uses particles of resin and acid to etch areas of granular tone into the printing plate. The finished effect imitates the subtle gradations of light and shadow achieved in wash drawings like Landscape with Watermill.

Rural Recreation

1769

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

(French, 1734–1781)
France, 18th century

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