Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736–1810) - Saint Jérôme écrivant dans le désert
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Description from the seller
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyon 1736 – 1810 Lyon)
Saint Jerome Writing in the Desert
Original engraving - 1797
Technique:
Etching with drypoint, burin, and roulette; fifth state of six
Dimensions:
Sheet: 49.2 × 34.8 cm
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated on the plate, beneath the image, on the left: J.J. DB. 1797; at the center: Saint Jerome
Catalogue raisonné:
Boissieu 117.104 (state V/VI); Perez 230.104 (state V/VI)
Paper and authenticity
Old handmade laid paper, showing:
• visible threadlines (vergeures) through the paper
Conservation status
• Very fine print quality
• Old paper with some discreet foxing
Description
Original etching with drypoint, burin and roulette, made in 1797 by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, depicting Saint Jerome writing in the desert. This is an old period impression, printed from the original plate, characterized by great technical finesse and remarkable richness of the hatching. The print is signed and dated on the plate at the bottom left (J.J. DB. 1797) and titled in the center “Saint Jerome.” It corresponds to the fifth state of six (V/VI), as listed in the catalogues raisonnés. This copy matches the one held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
Jean Jacques de Boissieu, born November 29, 1736 in Lyon and died in Lyon on March 1, 1810, was a French artist, mainly a draftsman and engraver, but also a painter.
During his lifetime he enjoyed great renown in France and Europe (Goethe, for example, collected his works); he was nicknamed by some the “French Rembrandt” (after the reference dictionary Bénézit). He is regarded as a founder of the Lyon School of painting. He specialized in portraits and landscapes and views of daily life in the Lyon region. His style, in its concern for realism, is linked to the Dutch school. In 1760 he visited Genoa, Naples, resided in Rome (1764–1765) and drew in museums and mainly from nature (…) he produced etchings, drawings in pencil and washes. With expressive portraits, he drew landscapes, either in pencil (graphite, sanguine, charcoal), or in wash. His oeuvre comprises 140 plates and a few pieces known by unique copies from the Städel Institute collection in Frankfurt am Main.
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyon 1736 – 1810 Lyon)
Saint Jerome Writing in the Desert
Original engraving - 1797
Technique:
Etching with drypoint, burin, and roulette; fifth state of six
Dimensions:
Sheet: 49.2 × 34.8 cm
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated on the plate, beneath the image, on the left: J.J. DB. 1797; at the center: Saint Jerome
Catalogue raisonné:
Boissieu 117.104 (state V/VI); Perez 230.104 (state V/VI)
Paper and authenticity
Old handmade laid paper, showing:
• visible threadlines (vergeures) through the paper
Conservation status
• Very fine print quality
• Old paper with some discreet foxing
Description
Original etching with drypoint, burin and roulette, made in 1797 by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, depicting Saint Jerome writing in the desert. This is an old period impression, printed from the original plate, characterized by great technical finesse and remarkable richness of the hatching. The print is signed and dated on the plate at the bottom left (J.J. DB. 1797) and titled in the center “Saint Jerome.” It corresponds to the fifth state of six (V/VI), as listed in the catalogues raisonnés. This copy matches the one held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
Jean Jacques de Boissieu, born November 29, 1736 in Lyon and died in Lyon on March 1, 1810, was a French artist, mainly a draftsman and engraver, but also a painter.
During his lifetime he enjoyed great renown in France and Europe (Goethe, for example, collected his works); he was nicknamed by some the “French Rembrandt” (after the reference dictionary Bénézit). He is regarded as a founder of the Lyon School of painting. He specialized in portraits and landscapes and views of daily life in the Lyon region. His style, in its concern for realism, is linked to the Dutch school. In 1760 he visited Genoa, Naples, resided in Rome (1764–1765) and drew in museums and mainly from nature (…) he produced etchings, drawings in pencil and washes. With expressive portraits, he drew landscapes, either in pencil (graphite, sanguine, charcoal), or in wash. His oeuvre comprises 140 plates and a few pieces known by unique copies from the Städel Institute collection in Frankfurt am Main.
Details
Artist
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736–1810)
Title of artwork
Saint Jérôme écrivant dans le désert
Signature
Plate signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1797
Condition
Good condition
Height
49.2 cm
Width
34.8 cm
Style
Classical
Period
18th century
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