Foolish Virgins Sleeping (Les Vierges folles sommolent en attendant l'arrivée de l'époux)
Abraham Bosse
ca. 1635
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (22.2 x 32.1 cm) verses trimmed
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.2.45
Tags
WomenSleeping
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 ...