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Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Watermill

1782
Etching on paper
30.2 × 42.2 cm (11.9 × 16.6 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The inscription on this drawing indicates it was drawn from the collection of M. Tronchin, a senior state counselor. A friend of the Tronchin family since 1765, de Boissieu returned to Geneva in late 1781 to engrave works in famous collections. This print is part of a series of works, notable for their large size and finished execution, that Boissieu finished in July, 1782.

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