About the Artwork
Head of an Old Man
1770
Jean Jacques de Boissieu
1736-1810
French
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 9 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (24.1 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches (26 × 19.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S153
Public Domain
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower center: [artist's monogram] 1770
Inscribed, in pencil, verso: C de R 103
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1882 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
1882, (H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
For more information on provenance, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Please note: This section is empty
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
Jean Jacques de Boissieu, Head of an Old Man, 1770, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S153.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback