Hope
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 2 15/16 × 1 13/16 in. (7.4 × 4.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.2715
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1636, *Hope* is a delicate etching measuring just under three inches tall, produced through the collaborative efforts of Herman Weyen and Abraham Bosse Bosse, a prominent French printmaker, helped popularize etching as an accessible medium that allowed artists capture fine details and reach wider audiences beyond the elite. The small scale suggests work may have been intended for inclusion in a book, prayer collection, or personal devotional item. The subject, tagged simply as “Women,” likely presents the allegorical figure of Hope as a female personification—a common visual tradit...
About the Artist
Herman Weyen|Abraham Bosse (Flemish|French) · 1600 |1602 –1672 |1676
Flemish, died Paris, 1672|French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris