Jupiter, plate 2 from Parnassus Biceps
Robert Boissard
1601
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.3 × 17.8 cm (10 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 27.2 × 17.8 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 19 cm (11 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
157136
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 ...