Details
| Artist | Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French, 1736-1810 |
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| Date | between 1789 and 1810 |
| Medium | graphite pencil on dark cream laid paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 7 × 6 5/16 inches (17.8 × 16 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1SDR24 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Stamp, in black ink, lower right: D [in lobed circle] (Lugt 721, E. Desperet) Stamp, in purple ink, lower right verso: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020) |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in pencil, top center: La Melancolie Inscribed, lower center, verso: Jean Jacques de Boissieu fecit. | Col. Desperet-- Inscribed, upper left, verso: Sc.24 |
Provenance
E. Desperet;
E. Argo.
J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA);
May 8, 1894, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) no. 65;
James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
E. Argo.
J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA);
May 8, 1894, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) no. 65;
James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors. Cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1992, p. 193, no. 88.
Rosenberg, Pierre, trans. Catherine Johnson. French Master Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in North American Collections. Exh. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto and London, 1972, p. 134.
Rosenberg, Pierre, trans. Catherine Johnson. French Master Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in North American Collections. Exh. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto and London, 1972, p. 134.
