Turpis res desidiosa senectus...

1597

Robert Boissard

Artist, French, born 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18 x 12 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Demany [born c. 1887], Paris. 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, undescribed.

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Turpis res desidiosa senectus, luxuriosa turpio / libidinosa turpissima; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: 734; by later hand, lower right verso, in geraphite: Collins. Rt- Dumsnil / Demany / 12.-

Markings

stamp, upper verso, in purple ink: seraph [L. 780b]

Wikidata ID

Q76559325

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