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La Jeu de la Palette

1766
Not on view
A patron of the arts and also a printmaker, Saint-Non made etchings based on drawings by many of France's leading artists, which he published in suites entitled, Griffonis (1755–78). About 1765, he developed aquatint as a tonal process he could employ to suggest ink washes in his prints after the drawings of his friends Fragonard and Hubert Robert.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: La Jeu de la Palette
  • Artist: Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, Paris 1727–1791 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
  • Date: 1766
  • Medium: Aquatint printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 11 1/8 in. (21.7 x 28.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.441.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Recueil de Griffonis, de Vues, Paysages, fragments antiques et sujets historiques...s..i..n..d.., Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non French
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1773
Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie, Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non French, Etchings
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La Cour de Ferme (1762), Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non French, Etching
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Jean Honoré Fragonard
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