La Jeu de la Palette, 1766, Aquatint printed in brown ink, 8 9/16 x 11 1/8 in. (21.7 x 28.3 cm), Prints, Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, Paris 1727–1791 Paris), After Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris), 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
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La Jeu de la Palette, 1766, Aquatint printed, brown ink, 8 9/16 x 11 1/8, 21.7 28.3 cm, Prints, Jean Claude Richard, Abbé Saint-Non, French, Paris, 1727–1791, After Jean Honoré Fragonard, Grasse, 1732–1806, patron, arts, printmaker, Saint-Non, etchings based, drawings, France, leading artists, published, suites entitled, Griffonis, 1755–78, 1765, developed aquatint, tonal process, employ, suggest, washes, prints, friends, Hubert Robert
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