Clothing Beggars, from "Acts of Mercy"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (28.5 × 35.3 cm) Plate: 10 3/8 × 12 15/16 in. (26.3 × 32.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.17
Tags
InfantsMenWomenDressing
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 ...