A Man Seen from the Back Leaning on a Croquet Mallet (Le Jouer de mail)
Abraham Bosse
1629
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Duplessis)
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (13.9 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2029
Tags
MenTrees
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse · 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 ...