Desert Monks

1797

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48.7 x 34.6 cm (19 3/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 51.6 x 38.2 cm (20 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.150.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 103, State iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Boston); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.

Bibliography

1878

  • Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: DB.(in monogram) 1797; lower center in plate: Les peres du

Wikidata ID

Q76345657

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