Non semper gravibus...

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, a man and a woman, standing closely together facing each other. The woman, to the left, has a serene expression and stylized hair with beads or pearls. She wears an elaborate gown and holds a decorative fan in her right hand. The man, to the right, has a beard and mustache, styled hair, a large headdress, and a detailed robe. They stand on a graduated background with plant elements at their feet, with a Latin inscription below them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.9 x 13.1 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 30 i/ii

  • Series Title

    Mascarades recueillies et mises en taille douce...

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Demany [born c. 1887], Paris [L. 780b]. 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. 30.

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Non semper gravibus pertractat seria rebus, / Ludo etiam sapiens sape vacare solet,; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite, DE500

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q76559326

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