Artwork
Title Page
Title Page is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Jean Jacques II Lagrenée. It is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:recto: in plate, in image, on monument: RECEUIL / DECOMPOSITIONS / PAR LAGRÉNÉE LEJEUNE; in plate, in image, at lower right: en 1782; verso: by later hand, lower right in graphite: 100957
About this work
Overview
Title Page is a print created by Jean Jacques II Lagrenée in 1782, using etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint techniques on laid paper. It is a proof printed in brown.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a decorative title page with the title 'Receuil Decompositions' and smaller text below, surrounded by ornate borders featuring leaves and flowers, and a central statue of a man flanked by two women.
Technique & Style
The use of soft colors and delicate lines creates a sense of elegance and refinement, characteristic of the print's dreamy, romantic quality. The combination of etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint techniques achieves this effect.
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