Portret van Johann Fichard
1597 - 1599
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
109; 139
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Johann Fichard***Robert Boissard 1597–1599* Engraving, 139 × 109 mm This engraving captures the likeness of Johann Fichard, prominent 16th-century German jurist and humanist scholar known for his antiquarian interests. Created by French engraver Robert Boiss between 1597 and 1599—over 30 years after Fich death in 1567 exemplifies the Renaissance tradition of posthumous portraits that honored intellectuals and preserved their legacies through print. Boissard, active in the late 16th century, specialized in such reproductive engravings, likely based on an earlier painting or d...
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 ...