View of the Hospital at Lyon

The view of Lyon is rendered in Boissieu's characteristic crisp brush and gray wash manner and identified and dated by him in an inscription now pasted on the back of the drawing. The view depicted, which as the artist notes, was taken from the Brotteaux section, shows St. John's Hospital, designed by Soufflot with the Church of St. John. The Pont de la Guillotière crosses the river Saône, and in the background the hills of Fourvier can be seen.