Print Description
Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 34,9 x 25,1 cm. (13,7 x 9,9 inch). Image size: 34,4 x 23,6 cm. (13,5 x 9,3 inch).
Dated 1773. Ref: Le Blanc 38.
Made by Jean-Jaques de Boissieu after Jean Jaques de Boissieu. Jean Jaques de Boissieu (1736 – 1810) born in Lyon was a draughtsman, etcher and engraver. He studied at the École 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.)
Condition: Good, given age. Light foxing. Paper thin at areas. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: CHURCH-RURAL VILLAGE-VILLAGERS-LANDSCAPE
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