id:			118044
accession number:	1939.167
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.167
updated:		2025-02-09 00:25:48.285000

Folly, 1777. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814). Aquatint; platemark: 21.3 x 18 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.); sheet: 25.3 x 21.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.167

title:				Folly
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1777
creation date earliest:		1777
creation date latest:		1777
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Fonds Français 18 Siècle - XII.22.34 ; Por. & Ber. II (part.2).477.26

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CREATORS

* Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 21.3 x 18 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.3 x 21.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
state of the work:	P.B. II/II
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	On plate below borderline, lower left: "Fragonard pinx"
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	on plate below borderline, lower right: "J. Janinet Sculp."
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	inscription:	On plate below borderline, middle of lower margin: "La Folie"
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Printing in Color
	opening date:   1985-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, NY), sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	date: 1924
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	Collection of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889–1957], given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924–39
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: February 13, 1939–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25138016

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IMAGES

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