The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 31, 2023

The Rock of Beauregard, Lyon

1780–1790(?)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

(French, 1736–1810)

France, 18th century

Gray wash with graphite, heightened with white gouache

Overall: 22.9 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.)

Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.340

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed with initials D.B., upper left corner

Provenance
Lucien Goldschmidt, New York City
Christian Humann, New York City
Sotheby's New York City, "Old Master and 19th Century Drawings from the Estate of Christian Hunann, New York", April 30, 1982
Citations
Perez-Pivot, Marie Félicie, and Jean-Jacques de Boissieu. Jean-Jacques de Boissieu: 1736-1810 : les dessins dans les collections publiques. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana editoriale, 2018. Reproduced and mentioned: p. 93, cat. 132
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (8/26/01 - 10/28/01 ): NY, NY: The Dahesh Museum ( 2/19/02 - 5/28/02 ); "French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin"

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.340