Portret van Johannes Aventinus
Robert Boissard
1650
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
141; 110
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
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 ...