Parnassvs cum imaginibus mvsarvm deorumq[ue] praesidum Hippocrenes : omnia depicta sunt, & distichis latinis illustrata

Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602, Bry, Johann Israel de, d. 1611, Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, Boissard, Robert, b. ca. 1570 · 1601 · Francofurti ad Moenum : Impresa autem sumptibus viduae & filiorum Theodorj de Brij · 46 pictures

Parnassvs is a 1601 Frankfurt book of engraved portraits of the Muses, gods and poets, made by Jean Jacques Boissard and the de Bry family with Latin verses. The four plates show standing robed figures in classical dress, each holding a book or tablet beside a sprig of plants, with clean hatched line shading and bare ground strips. A designer could draw on their stately contrapposto poses, drapery folds and simple botanical border details for classical or humanist-themed work.

Gods, Greek, in art · Muses (Greek deities) in art · Poets in art

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