A gentleman walking forward, his face in profile to the left, holding his glove in his right hand and wearing a hat, a fur jacket, and shoes with ribbons, 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: 5 11/16 × 4 1/16 in. (14.5 × 10.3 cm) Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 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
2012.136.21.11
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Art Historical Context
This etching, titled *A gentleman walking forward, face in profile to the left, holding his glove in right hand and wearing a hat, a fur jacket, and shoes ribbons*, captures the elegant stride of a French noble from Abraham Bosse and Jean de Saint-Igny 1629 series *The Garden of the French Nobles In Which One Can Pick Up Their Way of Dressing Bosse, a master etcher renowned for his precise depictions of 17th life, collaborated here to showcase aristocratic fashion as if plucked from a stylish garden—ribbons on shoes, fur-trimmed jackets, and feathered hats evoking the opulence of Louis XIII's ...
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 ...