The Noble Painter
Abraham Bosse
1642
Medium
Engraving, with etching, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, with text/plate: 25.2 × 32.3 cm (9 15/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 34 cm (10 11/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
200157
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 ...