La Villa Madama / Jean-François Janinet / After Hubert Robert

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Accession Number
1973/1.737
Title
La Villa Madama
Artist Nationality
French
Artist Life Dates
(active 1752 - 1814, )
Object Creation Date
1778
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
France (nation)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
France (nation)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Inscription
Signed on plate at l.l.: H. Robert del; l.r.: F. Janinet sculp. Printed in lower plate margin, l.: H. Robert del.; c.: Vitta cui nomen Madama, Temporis injuria pene diruta. A Paris chez l'Auteur, Place Maubert, Hotel de la Limace.; r.: F. Janinet sculp. 1778
Dimensions
40.5 cm x 50.2 cm (15 15/16 in. x 19 3/4 in.)
Century
18th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Physical Description
This etching, in a pale blue, brown and gray color scheme, depicts an outdoor scene with a large Roman style building and several human figures in the foreground. One giant wall, with two large arches, with semi-circular apses behind, crosses the middle section of the composition from left to right. It intersects a massive building that has a series of vaulted chambers. Both structures have crumbling stonework and overgrown vegetation. There are several groups of women in the foreground on both sides of a river. Some are in the water washing laundry and some are standing with wash hanging on lines. There is a small dog on the shore.
Subject Matter
This etching shows the Villa Madama, a villa along the Tiber River, outside of Rome, that was designed by Raphael and built in the early 16th c. This villa was meant to imitate the villas of Roman antiquity and included architectural elements of that period, such as massive vaults. By the time that this etching was done in the late 18th c., Villa Madama had fallen into ruin and become a location for washerwomen to do their work. Such juxtapositions of Roman architecture (particularly ruins) and picturesque figures occupying formerly grand spaces was a speciality of the French painter, Hubert Robert. Janinet's color engraving evokes watercolors of the period by French artists working in Rome, including Robert and Fragonard.
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1973/1.737
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"La Villa Madama; Jean-François Janinet; After Hubert Robert." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-1.737/1973_1.737.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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