Impostures innocentes, ou, Recueil d'estampes d'apres divers peintres illustres : tels que Rafael, Le Guide, Carlo Maratti, Le Poussin, Rembrandt, &c. gravées à leur imitation, & selon le gout particulier de chacun d'eux, & accompagnées d'un discours sur les préjugés de certains curieux touchant la gravure
Impostures innocentes is a 1734 Amsterdam collection of engravings by Bernard Picart, issued by the widow of Bernard Picart for collectors of prints. Its plates are reproductions of paintings by Raphael, Guido, Maratti, Poussin and Rembrandt, each engraved in the manner of its source artist. A designer could take from them the period practice of imitating a master's hand through line, with hatching and tonal shifts that vary from plate to plate.
