Foolish Virgins Sleeping (Les Vierges folles somnolent en attendant l'arrivé de l"époux)
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond
ca. 1635
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Join-Lambert and Préaud)
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (22.6 x 32.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.2.42
Tags
SleepingFireplacesWomen
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 ...