Jean-François Janinet
Jean-François Janinet (1752–1814), sometimes called François Janinet, was a French engraver and balloonist.
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Jean-François Janinet
Jean François Janinet · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals · CC0
- Born
- 1752 · Paris.
- Died
- 1814 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- balloonist · engraver · printmaker · artist
- Fields
- erotic art
- Teachers
- Jean-Jacques Bachelier
- Languages
- French
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Jean-François Janinet (1752–1814), sometimes called François Janinet, was a French engraver and balloonist.
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Training under Jean-Jacques Bachelier is recorded. Charles-Melchior Descourtis and Sophie Janinet are recorded as having studied under Jean-François Janinet. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is erotic art. Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Baptiste Greuze are recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Jean-François Janinet is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Museum of Estonia, Art Institute of Chicago and Finnish National Gallery.
Zephyre and Flore, c. 1776, by Jean-François Janinet
Jean François Janinet · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Milne in memory of Leona E. Prasse
Vertumnus and Pomona, c. 1776, by Jean-François Janinet
Jean François Janinet · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Milne in memory of Leona E. Prasse
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1752
Jean-François Janinet born at Paris.
1814
Jean-François Janinet died at Paris.
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- 1.Documents. Collections numérisées de la bibliothèque de l'INHA.
- 2.La Navigation aérienne. Hachette. 1886. 504151892.
- 3.La Montagne accouchant d'une souris ou la Prophétie accomplie dans le Luxembourg ; Nouvelle façon de voler par Mrs Miolan et Janinet : [estampe]. Gallica. 1784.
- 4.Salon de 1791.
- 5.Les Gravures historiques de Janinet. Paris Musées. 2012. 978-2-7596-0171-4.
- 6.La Liberté est assise sur un trône et tient dans ses mains un bonnet phrygien et une massue avec laquelle elle écrase le despotisme.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et tous les pays. Gründ. 14. 1999. 2-7000-3010-9 en.
- Les Gravures historiques de Janinet. Paris Musées. 2012. 978-2-7596-0171-4.
- Madeleine Barbin, « Janinet, Jean-François (1752 - 1814), printmaker », notice du Grove Art Online, lire en ligne, .
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He trained under Jean-Jacques Bachelier. His recorded influences include Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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- Jean-François CarsEngraver
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- Jean-François Pierre PeyronEngraver
- Jean-François RaffaëlliEngraver
- Jean-Honoré FragonardEngraver
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