Bacchanal, The Game of Leap Frog
Medium
etching and aquatint on silk
Dimensions
image: 17 × 39.4 cm · mounted: 20.6 × 45.1 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Friends of the Department of Prints and Drawings
Accession Number
2008.18
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Although Guyot’s print presents the same bacchanal as Gérard’s wax relief, the scene is flipped horizontally because the process of printing reverses the image. The differences between the two versions—apparent in the smoke, the foliage of the tree, and the belt of the central leaping man—suggest that both craftsmen may have worked directly from Moitte’s original design. Guyot’s use of aquatint, which produces areas of continuous tone with subtle variations in light and shade, makes the print se...