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Parnassus, plate 4 from Parnassus Biceps

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1601

Artist:

Robert Boissard (French, c. 1570–after 1597)
after Jean-Jacques Boissard (French, 1533-1598)

About this artwork

This plate comes from the same poetry anthology as the two prints in this exhibition showing the Muses Melpomene and Thalia (1920.2037 and .2043). This scene depicts Mount Parnassus, sacred home of the nine Muses, who are clustered on the top row, with Apollo, the god of music, at the center. In the foreground is Zeus, with his symbolic attribute the eagle at his feet, seated alongside a horned Dionysos, who holds up a cluster of grapes. Apollo, also the god of reason, was often perceived in a dichotomy with the irrational Dionysos.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Boissard

Title

Parnassus, plate 4 from Parnassus Biceps

Place

Frankfurt an der Oder (Object made in)

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Published 1601

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed "B.F." at lower right, in image; numbered "4" in plate at upper right

Dimensions

Image: 24.6 × 18 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Plate: 27.1 × 18 cm (10 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 18.7 cm (11 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2033

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