Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752-1814)
After Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D’Agoty (French, 1740–1786)
Marie Antoinette
INV-1957
Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752-1814)
After Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D’Agoty (French, 1740–1786)1777
Marie Antoinette
Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752-1814) After Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D’Agoty (French, 1740–1786) →etchingprint
Date
1777
Medium
Etching and engraving printed on two sheets as follows: oval portrait in wash manner on full sheet in yellow, blue, red, and black from four plates; decorative frame cut out in center, in blue and orange from two plates
Dimensions
Image/sight: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Frame: 39.5 × 30.4 cm (15 9/16 × 12 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher to The Charles Netcher II Memorial Collection
Very probably this rare print never appeared in a large edition not only because of the complicated procedure involved in its making, but also because the process was illegally borrowed from Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, who received a royal license for the technique.