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Jean-Jacques de Boissieu after Francisco de Zurbarán

Desert Monks, 1797

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Medium

etching, drypoint, and roulette on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 48.7 x 34.6 cm (19 3/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

sheet: 51.6 x 38.2 cm (20 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Boissieu 1878, no. 103, State iii/vi

Accession Number

2000.150.1

Artists / Makers

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

Francisco de Zurbarán (artist after) Spanish, 1598 - 1664

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: DB.(in monogram) 1797; lower center in plate: Les peres du

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Exhibition History

2018: Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.

Bibliography

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

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