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A French Guardsman
Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
French
about 1640
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.8 × 20.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 1064, only state; Duplessis 1407, only state; IFF 1407; Le Blanc 706
DescriptionFrench gentleman/soldier, with sword drawn. Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks
Verso, upper left, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)