Ancient Tower with a Water Mill

1759

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 11.8 x 15.7 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.150.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 12, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Boston); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1878

  • Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.

Inscriptions

upper right in image: DB f.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 1ere. Epreuve d'eau-forte pure; by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: 95.; by later hand, lower center of mount in graphite: Not: cette suite est très rare dans cet état.

Wikidata ID

Q76345653

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