Louis XIII as Hercules
ca. 1635
Medium
Etching; third state of four (Join-Lambert and Préaud)
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 10 3/16 × 12 13/16 in. (25.9 × 32.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.49.35
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|François Langlois · 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 ...