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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The Genius of Lithography celebrates the new printmaking technique (invented in 1798) that revolutionized illustration and enabled the reproduction of images at a reasonable cost, since numerous impressions can be printed from the lithographic stone. Artists liked the medium's flexibility: while rich blacks could be achieved for shadows, and every tone of gray was possible, a sharp point could scratch white highlights into dark areas.
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Pierre Guérin (French, 1774–1833) — The Vigil
Jacques François Saly (French, 1717–1776) — Suite of Vases: 
Claude Mellan|Gabriel Cramoisy|Sebastien Cramoisy — Frontisp
Gilles Demarteau|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier — Tête d'A
Antoine Béranger|Charles-Louis Constans — The Curious Perfor
Anonymous, French, 18th century|Edme Bouchardon — Standing m
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664) — The Ge
Stefano della Bella — Frontispiece for 'Poems by Desmarets' 
Jacques Kuyper — Allegory on the Death of George Washington
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Alexander Mair — Winged 
Jacques François Saly (French, 1717–1776) — Suite of Vases
Claude Mellan|Nicolas Poussin — Frontispiece: Virgil, Publii