Print Description
Original antique print showing a portrait of Wilhelm Xylander (born Wilhelm Holtzman, graecized to Xylander; 1532 – 1576), a German classical scholar and humanist.
Made by Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 14.5 x 19.3 cm (5.71 x 7.6 inch). Image size: 10.5 x 14 cm. (4.13 x 5.51 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Slightly faint impression. Some browning of paper and spots. Writing in ink below. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WILHELM XYLANDER-HOLTZMAN-PORTRAIT | PCO-C45-48
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Possibly from: Boissard, Jean-Jacques; Bry, Theodoor de; e.a. Bibliotheca sive thesaurus virtutis et gloriae in quo continentur illustrium eruditione et doctrina virorum effigies et vitae (…). Frankfurt: Guilielmi Fitzeri, 1628.
Biography engraver: Robert Boissard (c.1570-after 1601) was a French engraver of mostly portraits which can be dated 1581-1650. His Monogram RB can be found on this print.
Biography artist: Jean-Jacques Boissard (1528/33-1598/1602) was a French writer, antiquarian and painter/draughtsman from Metz. He maried in 1587 the daughter of the publisher Jean Aubry. He issued and made drawings for many illustrated books in the year 1581-1601, engraved and published by Robert Boissard, Theodor de Bry and others.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.