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Watermill

A work made of etching on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on paper.

Date:

1782

Artist:

Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, 1736-1810)
after Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)

About this artwork

The inscription on this drawing indicates it was drawn from the collection of M. Tronchin,a senior state counselor A friend of the Tronchin family since 1765, de Boissieu returned to Geneva in late 1781 to engrave works in famous collections. This print is part of a series of works, notable for their large size and finished execution, that Boissieu finished in July, 1782.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Title

Watermill

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1782

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

Image: 30.2 × 42.2 cm (11 15/16 × 16 5/8 in.); Plate: 35.6 × 47.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 37.2 × 49.3 cm (14 11/16 × 19 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2014

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