Jean-Étienne Liotard
Jean-Louis Buisson-Boissier

CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Jean-Louis Buisson-Boissier
Datec. 1764
MediumPastel on vellum
Dimensions24 7/16 × 19 1/4 in. (62.1 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number86.28
Non exposé

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ProvenanceNaville collection; family of the sitter until 1985; [Galerie Römer, Zurich]; purchased by MFAH, February 27, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Zeichnen Malen Formen, Schweizerische Landesausstellung, Kunsthaus Zürich, May 20 - August 6, 1939, no. 462

Exhibited: A Magic Mirror: The Portrait in France 1700-1900, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1987

"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012.

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