The Spinner

1759

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Associated Names
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

This image depicts an outdoor scene with a rustic setting. In the foreground, two figures are shown near a wooden structure and a stone wall. The background shows a landscape with small hills and scattered vegetation. The sky above features simple cloud and bird motifs. The illustration style is detailed and textured, using sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in sepia

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.4 x 15 cm (4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
    mount: 16.5 x 15 cm (6 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 11 ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1878

  • Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878, no. 11

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: DB f.; by later hand, lower center on mount, in graphite: Coll. Lichtenstein; by later hand, verso upper right of mount , in graphite: 1183

Wikidata ID

Q76559155

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