You May Count on Me
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 38.5 × 27.8 cm · platemark: 36.5 × 26.5 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
James Parmelee Fund
Accession Number
2008.111.2
Tags
male
About this artwork
This print is a companion to another depicting a woman telling her lover to "At Least be Discreet," as he slips out of her boudoir. Together the two prints depict a couple saying farewell after a romantic rendezvous. Here, both the man and the cherub beneath him proudly display a plucked rose as a symbol of sexual triumph. Amusingly, the prints actually depict the artist and his wife, whimsically portraying the mores and fashion of French aristocratic society during the 18th century.