Sibylle Samienne
Medium
Engraving (figure by Rousselet) and etching (background by Bosse)
Dimensions
sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (41 x 26.3 cm) plate: 14 1/8 x 8 11/16 in. (35.8 x 22 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.624.7
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon · 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 ...