Three Gentlemen Leaning on a Banister Overlooking a Garden where Lovers Stroll, from "The Garden of the French Nobles In Which One Can Pick Up Their Way of Dressing"

Three Gentlemen Leaning on a Banister Overlooking a Garden where Lovers Stroll, from "The Garden of the French Nobles In Which One Can Pick Up Their Way of Dressing" by Abraham Bosse|Melchior Tavernier

Medium

Etching; first state of two

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 7/16 × 5 1/16 in. (18.9 × 12.8 cm) Plate: 5 13/16 × 3 7/8 in. (14.7 × 9.9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.21.1

Tags

GardensMen

About the Artist

Abraham Bosse|Melchior Tavernier · 16021676

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 ...

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