About this artwork
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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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jean Jacques de Boissieu
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Title
- Old Man with a Boy Reading
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Origin
- France
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Date
- Made 1770
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Medium
- Etching on paper
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Dimensions
- 180 × 120 mm (image); 186 × 126 mm (plate); 213 × 148 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur Churchill in memory of William McCallin McKee
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Reference Number
- 1930.1250
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/7390/manifest.json
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