Jean-Louis Buisson-Boissier

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Artist Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702–1789)Swiss, 1702–1789

CultureSwiss

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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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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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.

Published References The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Album 2, Templegate Publishing, 1983, advertisement from Galeria Römer, Zurich "Art Across North America," Apollo, January 1987, p. 64-65 Marzio, Peter, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Permanent Legacy, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1989, p. 160, illus. p. 161 Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts, Frameworks, London, 1996, p.228. (frame information). Edgar Peters Bowron and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 120-122, illus. p. 121

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