Antique Master Print-CHURCH-RURAL VILLAGE-VILLAGERS-DANCING-Boissieu-1773

Rural villagers in a landscape nearby a church. Musicans playing music and some are dancing.

Made by Jean-Jaques de Boissieu after own design.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 34.9 x 25.1 cm (13.74 x 9.88 inch). Image size: 34.4 x 23.6 cm. (13.54 x 9.29 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHURCH-RURAL VILLAGE-VILLAGERS-LANDSCAPE | PCO-E8-41

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Le Blanc 38.

Biography engraver: Jean Jaques de Boissieu (1736 – 1810) born in Lyon was a draughtsman, etcher and engraver. He studied at the ?cole Gratuite de Dessin in his home town, but was mostly self-taught. He began making prints in the period 1758?64, then went to Italy in the retinue of the ambassador Louis Alexandre, Duc de la Rochefoucauld d’Enville (1743?1792); he met Voltaire on his way, and returned with a collection of landscape drawings. He continued to produce prints in Lyon, which earned him a reputation as the last representative of the older etching tradition. Boissieu made many etchings of the Roman and Dutch countryside, as well as the countryside around Lyon. He was also sought after as a reproductive engraver (Source: Wikipedia).