A gentleman, turned three-quarters to the left, wearing a hat and boots with spurs, carrying a sword in his belt, a town square in the background, from "The Garden of the French Nobles In Which One Can Pick Up Their Way of Dressing"
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (18.8 × 12.8 cm) Plate: 5 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (14.3 × 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.21.4
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny · 1602–1676
Abraham Bosse (1604–1676) was a French printmaker and theorist whose approximately 1,600 etchings provide an unparalleled visual record of 17th-century French life. Born to Huguenot parents in Tours, he trained in Paris under Melchior Tavernier and became a devoted follower of Jacques Callot's technical innovations. Bosse's meticulous etchings depicted subjects ranging from daily life and fashion ...