Allegory of Statuary, or Lament of Sculpture

A dense black-and-white engraving of a crowded classical scene: robed and armored figures gather before a colonnade, while a seated woman reads at lower center and sculptural forms lie among scattered objects. Fine parallel hatching models the bodies, and a rocky seascape with distant ships opens the background, with verse panels along the lower edge.

Artist

Pierre Biard, II

Date

1629

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1126 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Everett D. Graff Fund and Henry M. Huxley Fund