Pope Pius VII Riding on the Saône at the Time of His Journey to Lyon

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G399
People: Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
Title: Pope Pius VII Riding on the Saône at the Time of His Journey to Lyon
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Promenade du Pape sur la Saône
Original Language Title: Transeundo benefaciebat
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1805
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276280

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Image: 23.5 × 38.3 cm (9 1/4 × 15 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.8 × 41.3 cm (11 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: IFF après 1800, vol. III, no. 17, p. 91; Perez, no. 131, p. 284

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G399
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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