Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte (Copper Plate Engravers and Etchers)

1643

Abraham Bosse

Associated Names
Abraham Bosse

Artist, French, 1602 - 1676

This is an image of an engraving studio with two artists at work. The studio is well-lit and shows one artist on the left working on a sketch at a drafting table, surrounded by tools and papers, and another artist on the right focused on a copper plate. The studio features framed portraits and landscapes on a far wall, with a cloak and hat hung in the center. The scene is depicted in detailed line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 25.8 × 32.3 cm (10 3/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 744

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

Inscriptions

recto: in plate below image at center: Graueurs en taille douce au Burin et a Leaue forte...fait aleaue forte par ABosse a Paris en Lisle du palais lan 1643 auec priuilege

Watermarks

shield - to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q65066816

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