Fortune Favoring France
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Join-Lambert and Préaud)
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 7/16 in. (29.1 x 34.1 cm) Plate: 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (26.1 x 31.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.54.29
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Roland Leblond le Jeune|Michiel Le Blon · 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 ...