Serie portretten van vijftiende- en zestiende-eeuwse geleerden

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 140 mm x breedte 107 mm

Art Historical Context

In the late Renaissance, French engraver Robert Boiss (ca. 1528–1602) created the *Serie portretten vanftiende- en zende-eeuwse gele* (Series of Portraits of Fifteenth- Sixteenth-Century Scholars) between 1597 and1599. This intimate engraving, measuring just 140 mm high by 107 mm wide, the likeness of a notable intellectual from the era, reflecting Boissard's expertise in portraiture. As a master engraver, he contributed to a broader tradition of disseminating humanist knowledge through printed images, making scholarly figures accessible to a growing educated public across Europe. Engraving, ...

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 ...