Childhood

1636

Abraham Bosse

Associated Names
Abraham Bosse

Artist, French, 1602 - 1676

Jean Le Blond I

Publisher, French, 1590/1594 - 1666

The image shows a room with multiple figures engaged in various activities. On the left, a woman lies partially reclined in a bed covered with draped curtains. Next to her, another woman stands holding a doll, while a child stands on a stool with an open book, looking in the same direction. Close by, there is another child with long hair, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, interacting with the child on the stool. To the right, two young boys play with what looks like a ball or stones on the floor. The nearest boy has long hair and wears a decorative short-waisted tunic and baggy pants, while the other boy wears a broad-brimmed hat and sits on the floor. The background features a large, ornate wall with two large windows, each adorned with detailed artwork and an arch above them. The room has tiled floors, and expansive landscape views can be seen through the windows.

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 25.8 × 32.4 cm (10 3/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2095

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 557


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 230); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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, four columns of verses in French; in plate, below image, at center: Les / IIII AAGES DE / l'Homme / faites par ABosse / Et ce Vendent Chez le Blond / Avec Privilege du Roy. 1636; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: 230

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

grapes

Wikidata ID

Q64952336

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