La Mélancolie

between 1789 and 1810

Jean Jacques de Boissieu French, 1736-1810

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About the Artwork

Title La Mélancolie

Artwork Date between 1789 and 1810

Artist Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Life Dates 1736-1810

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Graphite pencil on dark cream laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 7 × 6 5/16 inches (17.8 × 16 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1SDR24

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, top center: La Melancolie Inscribed, lower center, verso: Jean Jacques de Boissieu fecit. | Col. Desperet-- Inscribed, upper left, verso: Sc.24

Marks Stamp, in black ink, lower right: D [in lobed circle] (Lugt 721, E. Desperet) Stamp, in purple ink, lower right verso: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020)

Provenance

E. Desperet;
E. Argo.
J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA);
May 8, 1894, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) no. 65;
James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Rosenberg, Pierre. French Master Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in North American Collections. trans. Catherine Johnson. Exh. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto and London, 1972, p. 134.

Carlson, Victor I. Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors: Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. New York, DIA, 1992, p. 193, no. 88.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, La Mélancolie, between 1789 and 1810, graphite pencil on dark cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR24.