The Village Festival

Prints and Drawings

1773

Jean Jacques de Boissieu
French, 1736-1810

De Boissieu’ s familiarity with Flemish and Dutch genre scenes is evident in this etching. In particular, the peasants are-shown with a simplicity characteristic of his admiration for the details of their daily life.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Jacques de Boissieu
Title: The Village Festival
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1773
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32 × 48.3 cm (12 5/8 × 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
Reference Number: 1992.750
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de Boissieu 68

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