A Wheat Field | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R4213
People: Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
After Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch (Haarlem 1628/29 - 1682 Amsterdam)
Title: A Wheat Field
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Landscape Divided by a Road
Original Language Title: Le Champ de blé
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1772
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/240058

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching
Dimensions: Image: 23.5 × 37.5 cm (9 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Plate: 26.5 × 39.4 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 41.7 × 57 cm (16 7/16 × 22 7/16 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. 59, p. 96; Perez, no. 59, p. 138

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R4213
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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