Frontispiece for "Tristan L'Hermite": Marianne standing to right before Herod and his court at top center, being accused by the butler at left of poisoning her husband
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 7 15/16 × 6 5/16 in. (20.1 × 16 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.14
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Augustin Courbé · 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 ...