The Three Graces
Medium
Color wash-manner etching and engraving
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals
Accession Number
1977.94
Tags
male
About this artwork
Since ancient times, art critics had praised painters for their ability to portray subjects so lifelike that they might be mistaken for the real thing. The mastery of printing techniques that produced full-color images like this one featuring female nudes with remarkably naturalistic skin gave French printmakers new capabilities that for centuries had been the exclusive domain of painters.