A Noble Lady of Pisa
1581 · pen and brown ink with brown wash, with incising throughout, on laid paper
overall: 19.3 x 13.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
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Jean-Jacques Boissard
?–1602
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Jean-Jacques Boissard was a French Renaissance draughtsman and antiquarian whose detailed drawings documented classical ruins, inscriptions, and archaeological finds across Italy and the Mediterranean. Active in the sixteenth century, he produced meticulous studies in pen and ink that served both as artistic records and scholarly research tools. His work bridged the practices of the artist and the humanist collector, establishing a visual archive of ephemeral and deteriorating monuments.
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