Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
1736-1810
Double-Arched Bridge
1776
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (156 x 235 mm)
Brush and gray wash. Verso: outline sketch in graphite of mountain and trees.
III, 119b
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, in graphite, "DB 1776"; inscribed by the artist at lower left, "pont De Dorcieu (?)".
Summary
As Pierre Rosenberg noted, Boissieu made at least one other drawing of this bridge in the village of Dorcieu near Lyon. That drawing, now in the collection of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (Hattis 1977, no. 28a, repr.) shows the bridge from the left side of the embankment.
Associated names
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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