A shepherdess, accompanied by her dog, dancing to the sound of a musette
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond
ca. 1640
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in. (21.6 × 14.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.175
Tags
WomenDogsTrees
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond · 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 ...