Seven Studies of Heads

1793

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Associated Names
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

This image is an etching showing seven bust-length portraits of individuals. The top left figure has closed eyes, smooth facial features, and long hair wrapped with a turban-like cloth. Next to them is an older man with a furrowed brow and strong facial lines, curly and receding hair. Below these figures, in the middle row to the left is an older man with a large, fluffy fur hat and a full beard, while on the right is a middle-aged man donning a wide-brimmed hat, long hair peeking beneath it, and distinctive facial creases. The bottom row shows an elderly bearded man with closed eyes, another elderly man in a tall cylindrical fur hat with long hair and a substantial beard, and another elderly man with his head turned to the left, also wearing a tall fur-collared coat or garment. The background is a plain, lightly sketched surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.8 x 19.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 25.6 cm (13 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.134.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 94, State third state


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1878

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

1990

  • Christopher Mendez, Cat.69, October 1990, 22.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J J B 1793; upper left in brown ink: 3

Wikidata ID

Q74887593

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