Marketplace
A Ruined Farmhouse
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
A Ruined Farmhouse
Period 1750-1850, 18th century, 19th century
Origin France
Medium Brush, Two shades of grey wash
Dimension 17.1 x 19.4 cm (6³/₄ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
As one modern scholar has noted of de Boissieu’s landscape drawings, ‘The picturesque elements and luminous atmosphere may have been inspired by some of the “Italianate” Dutch painters who passed through Lyon, but Boissieu’s essentially grisaille technique and his devotion to the Lyonnaise landscape are entirely personal.’
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century, 19th century
Origin: France
Medium: Brush, Two shades of grey wash
Dimension: 17.1 x 19.4 cm (6³/₄ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Prof. Peter Gay (born Peter Joachim Fröhlich), New York.
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