Scènes uit het Nieuwe Testament
1635
Medium
etching
Dimensions
63; 86
About this artwork
De tekst 'Nouveau Testament faict par Jacques Callot qui na sceu finir le reste prevenu de la mort. l'annee 1635.' en het adres van de uitgever in cartouches, geflankeerd door kruisstaven en bekroond door een engeltje. Deze prent is het titelblad voor een reeks van tien prenten met voorstellingen uit het Nieuwe Testament.
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching by Abraham Bosse, created in 1635, serves as the title page for a series of ten prints illustrating scenes from the New Testament. Measuring just 63 by 86 millimeters, the work features elegant cartouches containing text that credits Jacques Callot with initiating the project, noting that his death prevented its completion. Bosse, a skilled French printmaker, stepped in to finish the series, preserving Callot’s vision through his own precise etching technique. The composition is framed by crossed staffs and crowned by a small angel, lending a devotional and reverent qual...
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 ...