Triumphal Arch, 1759

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series Title

Six Landscapes

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.3 x 14.5 cm (4 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

sheet: 11.9 x 15 cm (4 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Boissieu 1878, no. 7, State i/iv

Accession Number

2000.150.3

Artists / Makers

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (artist) French, 1736 - 1810

Image Use

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Inscription

on tablet in image: paisages Dessinés & / gravés / par JJ DB (in monogram) / a Lyon / 1759; by later hand, upper left of mount in graphite: L.B. 122; by later hand, lower center of mount in graphite: 1re. Epreuve d'eau-forte pure.; by later hand, lower left of mount in graphite: 94.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

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