Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
Pope Pius VII Crossing the River at Lyons
1804
Scroll
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
Pope Pius VII Crossing the River at Lyons
1804
Physical Qualities
Etching, 235 × 379 mm. (9 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10889
Cut within plate-line
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: In lower margin at left, just below engraved surface, "J. J. DB Del et Scul aqua forti." In center of lower margin "pie VII Souverain pontif Cedant à L'impressement des Lionnois/De Luy faire connoitre Les Bords de la Saone sois de son passage/a Lion le 27 avril 1805" Lower in center, "Transeundo Benefaciebat"
Markings: Claghorn stamp on back
