The French Forces: Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans
Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette
ca. 1630
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 7 1/16 × 15 13/16 in. (18 × 40.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.564.2
Tags
SoldiersKingsTreesHorses
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette · 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 ...