Joannes Geylerus Caesaris Bergius theologus

About this artwork

Mogelijk prent uit: Boissard, Jean-Jacques; Bry, Theodoor de; e.a. Bibliotheca sive thesaurus virtutis et gloriae in quo continentur illustrium eruditione et doctrina virorum effigies et vitae (...). Frankfurt: Guilielmi Fitzeri, 1628.

Art Historical Context

Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we spotlight *Joannes Geylerus Caesaris Bergius theologus a finely detailed engraving by Robert Boissard from 1597–1599. Measuring just 141 × 107 mm, this portrait captures the likeness of Joannes Geyus, a theologian from the Berg region (Caesaris Bergius), the late Renaissance—a time when printed images immortalized Europe's intellectual elite. Boissard, part of a noted family of French engravers, crafted this work with the precision typical of the era's printmakers, blending humanism's reverence for scholarship with emerging portraiture traditions. Like...

About the Artist

Robert Boissard · 1586–1691

Robert Boissard (c. 1570–after 1630) was a French engraver and draughtsman whose work exemplifies the transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque printmaking in France. Born around 1570 in Valence, Boissard belonged to an artistic family and was a relative of the distinguished scholar and artist Jean-Jacques Boissard (1528–1602), whose monumental biographical and archaeological publications ...