Vue d'aqua pendente Sur la Route de Sienne a Rome
| Reference: | CO-149 |
| Author | Jean Jacques de BOISSIEU |
| Year: | 1773 |
| Zone: | Acquapendente |
| Measures: | 355 x 265 mm |
€550.00
| Reference: | CO-149 |
| Author | Jean Jacques de BOISSIEU |
| Year: | 1773 |
| Zone: | Acquapendente |
| Measures: | 355 x 265 mm |
€550.00
Description
Etching, signed and dated in plate at upper left, in the sky, DB 1773.
Title and dedication at bottom: Vue d'aqua pendente Sur la Route de Sienne a Rome / Monsieur Le Duc de Rouchefoucault Pair de France / Par son tres humble & tres obeissant serviteur Jean Jacque D.B.
Beautiful view of Acquapendente, finely drawn and engraved in etching and drypoint by Jean Jacques de Boissieu.
Example in the sixth state of seven. Magnificent proof impressed "sur chine" and applied on contemporary paper, in excellent condition.
Jean Jacques de Boissieu (Lyon, November 30, 1736 - March 1, 1810), was a skilled French engraver, draughtsman and painter. After briefly attending the Ecole Gratuite de Dessin in Lyon, he concentrated on prints in the first phase of his artistic life; between 1758-64, he published three sets of woodcuts. Between 1765-66 he lived in Italy in the company of Louis-Alexandre, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1743-93), returning to his homeland with landscape drawings he made himself. In his landscapes, made with etchings, De Boissieu drew the Roman countryside, water and windmills of the Dutch school, and the countryside around Lyon. He also etched studies of heads and genre scenes.
Bibliografia
Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878. no. 70, State vii/vii; Marie-Félicie Perez L'Oeuvre gravé de Jean-Jacques de Boissieu. Geneva, 1994, cat. no. 70 vi, p. 160; IFF Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Estampes. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 1930-, cat. no. 70, p. 101.
Jean Jacques de BOISSIEU (Lione, 30 Novembre 1736 - 1 Marzo 1810)
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French printmaker, draughtsman and painter. Apart from studying briefly at the Ecole Gratuite de Dessin in Lyon, he was self-taught. His first concentrated phase as a printmaker was 1758–64, during which he published three suites of etchings. Boissieu spent 1765–6 in Italy in the company of Louis-Alexandre, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1743–93), returning to Lyon via the Auvergne with a cache of his own landscape drawings. He remained in Lyon, where he published further prints at intervals, making occasional trips to Paris and Geneva. Boissieu’s prints earned him the reputation of being the last representative of the older etching tradition—he particularly admired Rembrandt van Rijn—at a time when engraving was being harnessed for commercial prints, and lithography was coming into use. For his landscape etchings Boissieu drew upon the scenery of the Roman Campagna, the watermills, windmills and rustic figures of the Dutch school (notably Salomon van Ruysdael) and the countryside around Lyon. He also engraved têtes d’expression and genre scenes. His work as a printmaker was intermittent, covering the periods 1758–64, 1770–82 and after 1789, although his skill was such that he was much sought after as a reproductive engraver; one example of his work is the Landscape with Huntsmen and Dogs after a painting (San Francisco, CA Pal. Legion of Honor) by Jan Wijnants.
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Jean Jacques de BOISSIEU (Lione, 30 Novembre 1736 - 1 Marzo 1810)
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French printmaker, draughtsman and painter. Apart from studying briefly at the Ecole Gratuite de Dessin in Lyon, he was self-taught. His first concentrated phase as a printmaker was 1758–64, during which he published three suites of etchings. Boissieu spent 1765–6 in Italy in the company of Louis-Alexandre, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1743–93), returning to Lyon via the Auvergne with a cache of his own landscape drawings. He remained in Lyon, where he published further prints at intervals, making occasional trips to Paris and Geneva. Boissieu’s prints earned him the reputation of being the last representative of the older etching tradition—he particularly admired Rembrandt van Rijn—at a time when engraving was being harnessed for commercial prints, and lithography was coming into use. For his landscape etchings Boissieu drew upon the scenery of the Roman Campagna, the watermills, windmills and rustic figures of the Dutch school (notably Salomon van Ruysdael) and the countryside around Lyon. He also engraved têtes d’expression and genre scenes. His work as a printmaker was intermittent, covering the periods 1758–64, 1770–82 and after 1789, although his skill was such that he was much sought after as a reproductive engraver; one example of his work is the Landscape with Huntsmen and Dogs after a painting (San Francisco, CA Pal. Legion of Honor) by Jan Wijnants.
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