Isabelle Claire Eugénie
1634
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1634
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Isabelle Claire Eugénie is a 1634 ink by Balthasar Moncornet, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white engraving of a woman dressed in a nun’s habit. She’s holding a rosary in one hand and a small book in the other, with a serious but calm expression. Behind her, there’s a tiny scene of a building and people walking, framed like a window. The text below says this is a "true likeness" of Isabelle Claire Eugénie, but we don’t know more about her. The artist used fine lines and shading to create depth, which was common for this kind of print. If you like this style, look up engraving to see how artists made detailed images this way.
Balthasar Moncornet (1600, Rouen – 1668, Paris) was a French painter, engraver, and tapissier revered for his depictions of around 45 different prominent figures of the 17th century.
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