Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (Lyon 1736-1810)

La fontaine de l'Orsière

Details

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (Lyon 1736-1810)
La fontaine de l'Orsière
signed, dated and inscribed 'J.J.DB. 1790 / la fontaine de l'orsiere près de Dargoire' and numbered '30'
pen and grey ink, grey wash, touches of pink and green watercolor, heightened with white
12 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. (30.9 x 42.8 cm.)

Provenance

François Alziari, Baron de Malaussena (L.1887), with his number '542'; Paris, Clément, 18-20 April 1866, lot 13 (with another drawing).
Jenny Klever, Leverkusen.
with Colnaghi, London, 1991, where acquired by the present owner.

Lot Essay

This sheet formerly belonged to Baron de Malaussena, the the great 19th Century collector. The first 182 lots in his posthumous sale were works by Boissieu. Boissieu made an engraving of this same subject (D.-J. de Boissieu, J.-J. de Boissieu: catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre, Paris, 1879, p. 9, no. 10). Dargoire is a commune of the Loire department in France, located between Lyon and Saint-Etienne.

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