Jean Jaques de Boissieu

Crossing The Stream

Jean-Jaques de Boissieu's original etching, "Crossing The Stream" is printed upon thin laid paper and bears de Boissieu's familiar 'D.B.' monogramme in the plate as published in 1790. Crossing the Stream was designed and etched by de Boissieu. This is a fine, original example of the eighteenth century landscape art created by the French artist, Jean-Jacques de Boissieu.

Crossing The Stream

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Title:	Crossing The Stream
Artist:	De Boissieu, Jean Jacques (Lyons, 1736 - 1810)
Date:	1790
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Jean-Jacques de Boissieu: A fine French landscape painter of the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques de Boissieu will always be best remembered for his etchings. Born in Lyon he studied art first in his native city before traveling to Paris where he became close friends with both Joseph Vernet and Greuze. He concluded his artistic education in Italy.
	Jean-Jacques de Boissieu quickly established a strong reputation for both his landscapes and figure studies. After spending his early years in Paris he returned to Lyon in 1764 and lived there for the remainder of his life. He was elected to the Academy of Lyon in 1780.
	De Boissieu looked to the great Dutch masters of the seventeenth century as the primary inspiration for his art, most notably, van de Velde, Ostade, Ruisdael and Berchem. During the last thirty years of his life he turned almost exclusively to the art of etching. Altogether Jean-Jacques de Boissieu's complete graphic oeuvre numbers some one hundred and forty plates. Almost all are dated in the plate and bear his familiar 'D.B.' monogramme. Such is the case with Crossing the Stream, one of de Boissieu's largest and most impressive works of art.
	G. C. Williamson lists Crossing the Stream as one of Jean-Jacques de Boissieu's greatest etchings. * Unlike a number of his compositions it is not based upon the design of a Dutch or French painter but is entirely of his own creation. The treatment of landscape, figures and cattle is beautifully handled and one can clearly see how he has been cited as one of the most accomplished French etchers of his time.
Reference:	* G. C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Bell & Sons, London, 1927, Vol. 1, p. 155.
Note:	Williamson lists this etching under the title of "A Landscape with Large Figures, and two Cows Standing in the Water."
Size:	15 X 18 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon thin laid paper and with margins to the plate-mark as published in 1790. Several small marginal tears exist but in no manner approach the actual etching. A strongly printed, early impression and in good condition throughout. Crossing the Stream represents a prime example of the eighteenth century landscape art of Jean-Jacques de Boissieu.
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