Saint Jerome, 1797

  • Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French, 1736-1810

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image (no visible plate mark): 16 7/8 × 12 inches (42.9 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (49.5 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S151

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed and dated, in plate, below image, lower left: J.J. DB. 1797

Stamp, in purple, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)

Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center: St. Jerome Inscribed, in pencil, lower right edge: ( ) Boissieu

May 1894, J.J. Peoli sale (New York, New York, USA)

purchased by Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Roux, M. Inventaire du fonds français. Paris, 1934, no. 104.

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, Saint Jerome, 1797, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S151.