Landscape with Watermill (c, 1790): Art, History and Details
Landscape with Watermill at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c, 1790, Brown ink wash and point of brush with graphite underdrawing on cream wove paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Landscape with Watermill (c, 1790) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, 1736–1810).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Boissieu’s pastoral landscapes are characterized by meticulous detail and sensitive variations in light and shadow skillfully created with brush and wash. Largely self-taught, Boissieu drew inspiration from the watermills, windmills, and rustic figures in Dutch art and the countryside around Lyon where he lived all his life.
Object facts
- Title: Landscape with Watermill
- Date: c, 1790
- Creator attribution: Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, 1736–1810)
- Culture: France
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: Brown ink wash and point of brush with graphite underdrawing on cream wove paper
- Dimensions: Overall: 20.3 x 24.1 cm (8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Collection: DR - French
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 2008.367
Collection credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Further reading listed by the museum
- 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.
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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