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Old Man with a Boy Reading
Created 1770
Curatorial Overview
“Jean Jacques de Boissieu was a self-taught artist in Lyon who visited Italy in 1765-66. He produced his most intense prints in the years 1758-64, 1770-82, and after 1789.”
Object Details
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsImage: 18 × 12 cm (7 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Archive / MuseumThe Art Institute of Chicago
Credit LineGift of Arthur Churchill in memory of William McCallin McKee
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Jean Jacques de Boissieu French, 1736-1810
Romanticism & Neoclassicism • France • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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