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Rural Recreation
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince1769
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Rural Recreation
- Creator: Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734-1781)
- Date Created: 1769
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.334
- Medium: etching and aquatint
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 18th century
- Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 1927.334
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