Title-page: De la Monarchie du Verbe incarné
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in. (18 × 12.3 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, 1966
Accession Number
66.630.59
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where we showcase this exquisite 1638 etching: *Title-page: De la Monarchie Verbe incarné*. Created as a collaborative effort by master etcher Abraham Bosse, Laurent de La Hyre and printed by La Veuve N. Buon Paris, this small yet intricate sheet (7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in.) served as the ornate frontispiece for a French theological treatise on the "Monarchy of the Incarn Word"—a profound exploration of Jesus Christ's divine kingship. Bosse, renowned for his precise line work and innovations in etching technique, captures a...
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Laurent de La Hyre|La Veuve N. Buon, Paris · 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 ...