Description & Technical information
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
Dimensions: 17.1 x 19.4 cm (6³/₄ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Prof. Peter Gay (born Peter Joachim Fröhlich), New York.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints
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