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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4203
People
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
After Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch (Deventer, Netherlands 1598 - 1657 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Cascade Falling from an Elevated Building
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Cascade tombant d'une maison élevée
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1764
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239991

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 15.1 × 12.3 cm (5 15/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Plate: 16.5 × 13.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 20.5 × 17.7 cm (8 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii?
Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. III, no. 33, p. 89; Perez, no. 33, p. 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4203
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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