A Man Seen from the Back Leaning on a Croquet Mallet (Le Jouer de mail)
Abraham Bosse
1629
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Duplessis)
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (13.9 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2029
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenTrees
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 ...