A Noble Lady of Pisa, in or before 1581

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash, with incising throughout, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 19.3 x 13.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection

Accession Number

1985.1.18

Artists / Makers

Jean-Jacques Boissard (artist) French, 1533 - 1598

Image Use

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Inscription

by artist upper left in pen and brown ink: Dame Pisana (crossed out) / 52.; another hand (publishers?) upper left: 1.Nobilis femina Pisana. / Edele Fraw von Pis a (crossed out) / 2. Dame Pisane / Fraw von Pisa (smudged) / Edele Fraw von Pisa; 1Cr//in brown ink: De Itaeliaenen gebrechen inden / nommer. 2. plaeten te weten XXII.

Provenance

Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

1970: Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 55.