Louis-Simon Boizot

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.