Frontispiece for Callot's "The Penitents"
Abraham Bosse
c. 1632
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 6.9 × 4.3 cm (2 11/16 × 1 11/16 in.) sheet: 9.7 × 6.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Accession Number
1969.15.245
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 ...