After Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I
Colour aquatint and etching
Venus, the Roman goddess of love, originally an Old World vegetation goddess, protector of gardens and vineyards, was later identified with the Greek Aphrodite.
Here the woman sits with her hair raised and a dove in each hand. The maid has bared her bosom, so that the breasts and one shoulder stand naked in the portrait.
All in all a sexy and sensual erotic picture with romance.
Jean-François Janinet or François Janinet, born in 1752 in Paris where he died on November 1, 1814, was a French engraver and balloonist.
Active towards the end of the Ancien Régime and during the French Revolution, who took an innovative approach to colour engraving.
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