Jean-François JANINET
(1752 – Paris – 1814)
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L'Amour rendant Hommage à sa Mère [Cupid paying homage to his mother] - c.1783
After François Boucher. 
 
Wash-manner printed in green-blue, red, yellow and black inks. Lettered: “F.Boucher pinxit./Janinet Sculpsit/L’Amour Rendant Hommage A Sa Mere/Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant rue et Hôtel Serpente’ . 
Size of sheet: 30.8 x 46.5 cm.
 
Portalis-Beraldi 2; Jean-Richard 1226 ; Dodgson Plate 8. 
 
Comparative impressions: Louvre – ref.no.6451 LR/Recto. 
 
Exquisitely toned engraving on a full sheet; small tear on the lower right margin of the sheet, otherwise is excellent fresh condition. The print is rarely found with a margin, sometimes the oval subject alone is preserved, so the presence of the full margins is rather unusual.