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accession number:	1927.334
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.334
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Rural Recreation, 1769. Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781). Etching and aquatint; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.334

title:				Rural Recreation
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creation date:			1769
creation date earliest:		1769
creation date latest:		1769
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Le Blanc, vol. II, p. 539, no. 45  (Inventiare du Fonds Français 131)

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CREATORS

* Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)  - artist

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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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts
	opening date:   1983-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 11, 1983-June 3, 1984).

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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 <em>Landscape with Watermill</em>.
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