Jean Jacques de Boissieu
French, 1736-1810
A Peasant Seated in a Shed
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Jean Jacques de Boissieu
French, 1736-18101800/09
A Peasant Seated in a Shed
Jean Jacques de Boissieu French, 1736-1810 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1800/09
Medium
Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper, pieced at bottom and laid down on tan wove paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
27 × 37.6 cm (10 11/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Of provincial origins and largely self-taught, Jean- Jacques de Boissieu remained in his native Lyon for most of his career. However, a trip to Italy in 1765–66 left a lasting impression on him: he was especially struck by the intense quality of Italian light, which he applied to northern landscapes. Another source of inspiration for Boissieu was Dutch 17th-century art, evident in the some 700 drawings and numerous etchings that constitute his principal oeuvre.
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