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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M876
People
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
Title
Painter Painting a Long-Bearded Old Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of the Centenarian of Lyon
Original Language Title: Portrait du Centenaire de Lyon
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1789
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/270570

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 24.8 × 33.4 cm (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Plate: 26.3 × 35 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 29.3 × 38.5 cm (11 9/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. III, no. 81, p. 104; Perez, no. 81, p. 182

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M876
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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