Frontispiece, from Les Petites Misères de la Guerre (The Little Miseries of War)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 5/16 x 4 5/8 in. (5.8 x 11.8 cm) trimmed to platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.403(1)
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 ...