Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Tower at the Edge of a River

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Date

1763

Medium

Etching on paper

Culture

France

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Although Jean Jacques de Boissieu's paintings were considered rather laborious, the roughly 140 etchings were widely admired, especially his views of Lyon and the surrounding countryside . The freshness of de Boissieu's approach and his skillful rendering of light lend an immediacy and authenticity to these works.

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