Portrait of Hugues Brisville, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths), Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Gabriel Ladame, French, active ca. 1645 - 1668, Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703, Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716, Engraving and etching on laid paper, Self-portrait of Hugues Brisville set within an oval medallion enclosed by an ornamental frame composed of grotesques with masks and the heads of various animals; putti and the figures of Time and Minerva terminating in foliate scrolls. Brisville is depicted seated at a table by an open window with a piece of paper and holding a chalk holder and compass in his right hand, a view of a balcony, garden and wrought iron gates beyond. A frame of grotesques with acanthus rinceaux, bird heads, masks, and dogs. At the bottom, two figures with bodies terminating in acanthus leaves, representing Time and Minerva. The left figure, an older man, holds a scroll with a cipher, assisted by a winged