A Noble Lady of Pisa

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.