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The Ball
French
about 1635
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.8 × 41 cm (12 15/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 26.6 × 34.3 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 26.6 × 34.3 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.990
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 1050, ii/ii; Duplessis 1400, ii/ii; IFF 1400, ii/ii; Le Blanc 771, ii/ii
DescriptionScene at ball - many ladies and gentleman, one couple dancing, musicians. "Qui ne desireroit estre tout couvert dyeux..." Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks
Verso, bottom 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)