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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.197.3
People
Robert Boissard, French (Valence, France c. 1570 - c. 1607 Valence, France)
After Jean-Jacques Boissard, French (Besançon 1528 - 1602 Metz)
Title
A Chaste Girl Flees the Service of Pimps
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Suite of Masquerades
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1597
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356713

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 19.4 × 13.6 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 26.1 × 17.3 cm (10 1/4 × 6 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): verso, lower center, graphite: XGHU
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Le Blanc 17
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Casta fugit lenonum artes illi aucupis inƒtar / Incautis ponunt vincula virginibus [A chaste girl flees the service of pimps. Just like the bird-catcher, they lead careless maidens into captivity.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Prouté, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA, 1990], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.197.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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