Harvard Art Museums > 2006.308: The Difficult Confession Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Difficult Confession (Jean François Janinet)(After Nicolas Lavreince) , 2006.308,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/318169. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.308 People Jean François Janinet, French (1752 - 1814) After Nicolas Lavreince, Swedish (Stockholm, Sweden 1737 - 1807 Stockholm, Sweden) Title The Difficult Confession Other Titles Original Language Title: L'Aveu Difficile Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1787 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/318169 Physical Descriptions Medium Wash manner, printed in blue, red, carmine, yellow, and black inks with printed title Dimensions Image: 36.2 × 28.4 cm (14 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.) Plate: 46.5 × 35.5 cm (18 5/16 × 14 in.) Sheet: 54.5 × 41 cm (21 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: printed l.l.: Lavreince del. inscription: printed l.r.: F. Janinet sc inscription: printed lower margin: L'Aveu Difficile State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State iii/iii Standard Reference Number IFF, vol. XII, no. 24, p.17; Portalis and Béraldi 39 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.308 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Beginning in 1786 the Swedish painter Niklas Lafrensen-known in France as Nicolas Lavreince-and printmaker Jean- François Janinet collaborated on about ten color prints evoking the luxury and style of the ancient régime. This print, L'Aveu Difficile, is one of the most famous of these prints. It is one of three prints depicting women in fashionable interiors, and the models for all three of these prints were gouaches by Lavrience. A woman is shown at her dressing table revealing a secret to her visitor-a secret that remains a mystery to the viewer. The image was printed in four colors from four plates in the delicate lavis-manner (or wash manner) technique that duplicates the look of airy washes of ink or watercolor. Exhibition History 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/11/2015 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
