The Village Festival

Description

De Boissieu' s familiarity with Flemish and Dutch genre scenes is evident in this etching. In particular, the peasants are-shown with a simplicity characteristic of his admiration for the details of their daily life.

The Village Festival

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

1773

Accession Number

119376

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32 × 48.3 cm (12 5/8 × 19 1/16 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment