The Wise Virgins Carrying Their Lamps
Abraham Bosse
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.4 x 32.5 cm (10 x 12 13/16 in.) sheet: 28.7 x 36.9 cm (11 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2003.127.1.3
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 ...