Rembrandt was a supreme master of etching and drypoint technique, creating deeply textured portrait works with rich tonal depth that closely parallels Freud's approach in Pluto. His intimate figurative prints share the same commitment to psychological intensity and meticulous mark making on paper.

Auerbach shares Freud's School of London sensibility and produced portrait etchings and works on paper with raw, searching lines and a similarly unflinching scrutiny of the human subject. His printmaking work echoes the intimate grey tonal palette and tactile surface quality seen in Pluto.

Rego created highly expressive etchings and aquatints with hand applied color on paper, combining printmaking technique with painterly surface qualities in a way that directly parallels Freud's hand coloring in grey watercolor on Pluto. Her figurative prints carry the same psychological weight and technical refinement.