For this week's I present a mezzotint of “Cupid Fighting with a Satyr” attributed to Jan van Somer c1680 brother of Paul van Somer II , but not a relative of Paul van Somer , James I's court painter.

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A detail of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland. The subtle shadings bring a different perspective to her character.
by Thomas Watson, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1779

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✏️ Caption contest! What's going on in this picture?

📋 Mary Nimmo Moran (1842-1899), "A California Forest," 1888. Etching, mezzotint, chine collé, 13 x 9 inches. Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund. Featured in Let Yourself Continue.

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Le portrait du jeudi.


Euhun Sang Lum Akao, painted by Henri Pierre Danloux, 1793
or the mezzotint print on paper based on the painting by Joseph Grozer from the same year

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Jasper Johns 'Untitled' 1995
mezzotint in colours on Lana Gravure paper

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"Memories" 2019, 165 x230mm, mezzotint hand-colored
https://t.co/mKHKTRV26W

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2/2 Women can also experience the thrill of drawing after plaster casts! Here Wallerant Vaillant in a mezzotint (a technique that was partly his invention) after Gabriel Metsu.

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This afternoon we’re joining for with a mezzotint made by engraver Johann Jacobus Haid. Pictured here, a smartly dressed woman enjoys a steaming cup without giving much thought to how the made it to her table.

More: https://t.co/6fNOL602Ov

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Exploring printing my latest mezzotint, ‘Morning sunlight in the kitchen’. Which do you prefer; black and white or colour?

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Today's is James McArdell's fab mezzotint after H's Rembrandt-style portrait of friend & engraver John Pine (original c.1755). H used JP as model for the friar in Calais Gate (1748 engr 1749) leading to the nickname "Friar Pine". Prints

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"How the Fool was killed" 2014, 297 x 210mm, mezzotint
https://t.co/mKHKTRV26W

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Another choice by curator, Kat, is Sir Joshua Reynold's 'Lady Bampfylde' (1776-77) held at the .

We have a mezzotint engraving by Thomas Watson of the same image, apparently so sought-after they turned Lady Bampfylde into an 18thC pin-up!

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2020
mezzotint
「VS」

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scribe4haxan:

Lady Macbeth, c.1780 ~ Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after the painting by Henry Fuseli… https://t.co/r4CxQiI1Sc

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Peter Ilsted
Sunshine Falling at the Door, 1910
mezzotint in black

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Old Sarum.
David Lucas mezzotint and drypoint, after John Constable watercolour, May 1833.

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📷Emi SATO 猫ノ草子

▪️1- "Taste" / Feelings that I want to bite...
「味見」/色々とかじりたい気分・・・
▪️2- "Yawn" / Yearly work completed.
「あくび」 / 年作 完成の図
▪️3- "Mori" / A state of high happiness.
「もり」/ 幸せ度数の高い状態。

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