The Noble Artist Painting Louis XIII
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond
ca. 1642
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (25 × 32.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.16
Tags
PaintingKingsMenArtistsEaselsPalettes
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond · 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 ...