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Old Customs House, Rome

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

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  • A work made of etching on paper.

Date:

1807

Artist:

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

About this artwork

In 1807 Jean Jacques de Boissieu changed his method of issuing prints. He no longer published his own editions, but hired an editor, J. F. Frauenholz of Nuremburg, to assist with etchings sold in Germany.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Title

Old Customs House, Rome

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1807

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

Image: 18.5 × 30.1 cm (7 5/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Plate: 23.8 × 34.6 cm (9 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 36.5 cm (9 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2016

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