Old Man with a Boy Reading

Prints and Drawings

1770

Jean Jacques de Boissieu
French, 1736-1810

Jean Jacques de Boissieu was a self-taught artist in Lyon who visited Italy in 1765-66. He produced his most intense prints in the years 1758-64, 1770-82, and after 1789.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Jacques de Boissieu
Title: Old Man with a Boy Reading
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 1770
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 18 × 12 cm (7 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 18.6 × 12.6 cm (7 3/8 × 5 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 14.8 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Churchill in memory of William McCallin McKee
Reference Number: 1930.1250
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