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An allegorical draped female figure holding an arrow and an olive branch, gazing at the viewer. She stands in front of a bell tower and ship, surrounded by an oval.
An allegorical draped female figure holding an arrow and an olive branch, gazing at the viewer. She stands in front of a bell tower and ship, surrounded by an oval.
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  • An allegorical draped female figure holding an arrow and an olive branch, gazing at the viewer. She stands in front of a bell tower and ship, surrounded by an oval.
  • An allegorical draped female figure holding an arrow and an olive branch, gazing at the viewer. She stands in front of a bell tower and ship, surrounded by an oval.

Louis-Simon Boizot

Allegorical Figure

Description

Maker

Louis-Simon Boizot (French, 1743-1809)

Title

Allegorical Figure

Year

ca. 1794

Medium

  • black chalk,
  • pen and ink,
  • brown wash,
  • and opaque watercolor over etched counterproof

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • black chalk,
  • pen and ink,
  • brown wash,
  • and opaque watercolor over etched counterproof

Materials

gouache, pen and ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

26.2 x 19.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Watermark: "J. Honig & Zoonen"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

66.239

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

A female figure in classical dress stands by the sea, holding an arrow in one hand and a palm frond in the other. Behind her rises a lighthouse, while at right a ship is moored in the harbor, its sails furled. Boizot started with a counterproof of a print he had made, covering certain elements and adding new details and expanding the original oval design to a rectangular format. Although the meaning of this work is unclear, Louis-Simon Boizot produced a series of compositionally similar allegories of secular virtues. His unusual choice to draw on top of an existing design may have been a time-saving strategy, allowing him to swiftly create a new image.

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Tombstone

Louis-Simon Boizot (French, 1743-1809)
Allegorical Figure, ca. 1794
Black chalk, pen and ink, brown wash, and opaque watercolor over etched counterproof
26.2 x 19.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches) (sheet)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 66.239

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