Virtui est gratus quoties...

1597

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard

Associated Names
Robert Boissard

Artist, French, born 1570

Jean-Jacques Boissard

Artist After, French, 1533 - 1598

The image shows two individuals in historic attire from just above the knees upwards. The person on the left is a woman with detailed facial features, wearing a pointed headdress and an elaborate gown with pleated details and a patterned skirt. She has a necklace. The person on the right is a man with distinctive facial features, wearing a hat with a feather and a fur-trimmed cloak. Latin text is at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.5 x 13.9 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.113

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, 1854-1888, no. 18 i/ii

  • Series Title

    Mascarades recueillies et mises en taille douce...

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels.... Paris, 1854-1888, no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Virtui est gratus quoties sine labe Cupido / Idaliae pectus vellicat igne facis; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: 733

Wikidata ID

Q76559322

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