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Vue du grand chemin de Fontainebleau à Bouron: P.2167-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vue du grand chemin de Fontainebleau à Bouron

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boissieu, Jean Jacques de

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

1760s
Production date: AD 1764

Note

II/II.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 128 mm Width 187 mm
Sheet Height 166 mm Width 220 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Vue du grand chemin de fontainebleau a Bouron
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Dessinée & gravé par jean jacque DeBoissieu à paris
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1764:
  • Location: Plate lower centre, following the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: LeBlanc 59 (height & width transposed)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: [a name or address? illegible]
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: Fontainebleau à Bouron / Le Blanc no 59 - Van den Zande 46
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2167-1991
Primary reference Number: 95262
BN Inventaire (18thC): 29 II/II
Le Blanc: 59 II/II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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