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The Old Tower at the Edge of a River
Jean Jacques de Boissieu1763
- Attribution
- Jean Jacques de Boissieu French, 1736-1810
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image: 13.9 × 19.8 cm (5 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 14.5 × 20.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 in.)
- Credit line
- Unrestricted gift from Mrs. W. P. Pinney
CATALOGUE RECORD
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Although Jean Jacques de Boissieu's paintings were considered rather laborious, the roughly 140 etchings were widely admired, especially his views of Lyon and the surrounding countryside . The freshness of de Boissieu's approach and his skillful rendering of light lend an immediacy and authenticity to these works.
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