Foolish Virgins Sleeping
Abraham Bosse
ca. 1635
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 x 15 15/16 in. (33 x 40.5 cm) Plate: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 in. (25.6 × 32.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.49.12
Tags
Women
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 ...