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The Noble Painter

A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1642

Artist:

Abraham Bosse
French, 1602–1676

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Abraham Bosse

Title

The Noble Painter

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1637–1647

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower center: "le Noble Peintre / ABosse in et fe / le Blond excud avec Privilege du Roy." and below image: "Que le graveur ingenieux ... Est l'objet des meilleurs Esprits"

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 25.8 × 32.6 cm (10 3/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Reference Number

2023.810

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