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A Shepherd and Bull Crossing a River

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

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  • A work made of etching on cream laid paper.

Date:

1772

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Title

A Shepherd and Bull Crossing a River

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1772

Medium

Etching on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.6 × 19 cm (6 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Plate: 18.6 × 20 cm (7 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 23 cm (8 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2012

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