Portret van Janus Dousa

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

Behold the delicate *Portret van Janus Dous* (Portrait of Janus Dousa an engraving by Robert Boissard between 1597 and1599. This intimate work measures just 139 mm high by 107 mm wide, capturing likeness of Janus Dousa Younger—a prominent Dutch humanist, poet, statesman who served as curator of Leiden University Library during the Dutch Golden Age's early stirrings. Amid the tensions of the Eighty Years' War, such portraits celebrated intellectual leaders fostering Renaissance learning in the Netherlands. Boissard, a skilled engraver of the late 16th century, employed the intricate technique ...

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 ...