Frontispiece for "Tristan L'Hermite": Marianne standing to right before Herod and his court at top center, being accused by the butler at left of poisoning her husband
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 7 15/16 × 6 5/16 in. (20.1 × 16 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.14
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Augustin Courbé · 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 ...