Ancient Tower with a Water Mill, 1759

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series Title

Six Landscapes

Medium

etching on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Boissieu 1878, no. 12, State i/iii

Accession Number

2000.150.8

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

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.