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Seated Man with a Pitcher and a Glass

Former Attribution Jean-Baptiste Greuze French
1756–1810
Not on view
Boissieu manifests his love of the picturesque in his landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes, inspired by careful observation of provincial life in his native Lyons. While the strong, tight lines of his red-chalk drawings derive from his training as an engraver, his wash drawings focus on contrasts between light and dark, revealing the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch Fijnschilders (precise painters) such as van Mieris. The sitter may represent a Lyonnais prisoner awaiting the guillotine during the French Revolution.

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Object Information
  • Title: Seated Man with a Pitcher and a Glass
  • Artist: Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyons 1736–1810 Lyons)
  • Former Attribution: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris)
  • Date: 1756–1810
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Brush and black ink with gray wash.
  • Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 8 3/4 in. (30 x 22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.633
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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