Engraver
Gilles Rousselet
, French, 1610-1686
Engraver
Abraham Bosse
, French, 1602-1676
after
Claude Vignon
, French, 1593-1670
Publisher
Mariette
Title
PorciaDatec.1647
MediumLine engraving and etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 34.5 x 22.2 cm
Sheet: 37.2 x 24.4 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 2000
Object numberNGI.20900
DescriptionThe prints after Vignon's drawings were made by the professional engravers Gilles Rousselet and Abraham Bosse. Porcia, devoted wife of Brutus (one of the conspirators against Julius Caesar), decided that she could not live without her husband and like him committed suicide. InscriptionLettering printed in the plate (under the image): Porcie auale des charbons ardens, pour aller aprez son Mary: et par la hardiesseet la nouueauté de sa mort, egale la reputation de Caton et la glorie de Brutus.
Lettering printed in the plate (bottom leftunder the image): Vignon invent
Lettering printed in the plate (bottom right under the image): Valerius Max. lib. 4 cap.6. Mariette excud. Cum priul. Regis