Frontispiece, from Les Petites Misères de la Guerre (The Little Miseries of War)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (6 x 12.4 cm) Plate: 2 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (5.8 x 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.72.7
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Israël Henriet · 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 ...