L'Aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession)
Jean-Francois Janinet; Niclas Lafrensen, the younger, L'Aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession), 1787, roulette, mattoir, and etching on paper, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Friends of the Gilkey Center, public domain, 2007.76.2
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- Title
L'Aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession)
- Artist
- Related People
original artist: Niclas Lafrensen (Swedish, active France, 1737-1807)
- Date
1787
- Medium
roulette, mattoir, and etching on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 14 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in; sheet: 19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
watermark: (Two rows of letters including "DL" in the bottom row surrounded by indecipherable design
inscription: "GC [?] marge style ancien tien [illegible] rec[illegible], graphite, verso, l.r.
inscription: 40 1/9 G [?] 41/9 verso [?], graphite, verso, l.l.
inscription: A Paris chez Janinet, rue Haute-Feuille, Q er. St. Andre des Arts, no 5. / Et chez esnauts et Rapilly, ru St. Jacques, No 259, in the plate, below the image, l.c.
inscription: L'AVEU DIFFICILE, in the plate, below the image, l.c.
inscription: Lavrince del., in the plate, below the image, l.l.
signature: F. Janinet sculp. 1787, in the plate, below the image, l.r.
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Friends of the Gilkey Center
- Accession Number
2007.76.2
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
After Niclas Lafrensen, the younger (Swedish, 1737-1807, active France).
- Exhibitions
2008 Celebrating Prints: Recent Acquisitions Portland Art Museum
