Country Recreation

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Country Recreation

1769

Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781) After a drawing by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)

The painter Jean-Baptiste Le Prince's five-year sojourn in Russia provided him with a repertoire of Russian-inspired subject matter that he mined for the rest of his career. After perfecting his own process of aquatint in 1768, Le Prince used the medium extensively to replicate his own drawings.

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Object Details

Titles:

Country Recreation
La Recréation Champêtre

Date:

1769

Artists:

Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781) After a drawing by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)

Medium:

Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink

Dimensions:

Image: 11 13/16 × 9 1/2 inches (30 × 24.2 cm) Plate: 15 1/8 × 12 1/16 inches (38.4 × 30.6 cm) Sheet: 18 1/8 × 14 7/16 inches (46 × 36.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes, 1944

Accession Number:

1944-80-46

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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