[The ball] [graphic] / ABosse jn et fe.
1634
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Title
[The ball] [graphic] / ABosse jn et fe.
Variant title
Duplessis title: Bal
Edition
[State 2 of 2].
Created/published
[Paris] : Le Blond excud. auec priuilege du roy, [ca. 1634]
Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 265 x 346 mm
Associated name
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
A well-dressed couple dances in the center of a tapestry-hung hall while other couples stand and sit at the sides. An image of Venus and Cupid hangs over the fireplace. In the left background, three musicians play stringed instruments.
Note
Title devised by cataloger.
16 lines of verse in 4 columns below, beginning Qui ne desireoit estre tout couuert dyeux.
Approximate date and plate mark dimensions from Join-Lambert & Préaud.
State from Duplessis.
16 lines of verse in 4 columns below, beginning Qui ne desireoit estre tout couuert dyeux.
Approximate date and plate mark dimensions from Join-Lambert & Préaud.
State from Duplessis.
Cited/described in
Duplessis, G. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, 1400
Join-Lambert & Préaud. Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, 93
Blum, A. L'Oeuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, 1050
Join-Lambert & Préaud. Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, 93
Blum, A. L'Oeuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, 1050
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
Call number
ART 264- 931 (size M)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark
Folger accession
264931