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A Woman Giving Bread to the Poor (Les Oeuvres de miséricorde, Plate 1)

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
French
about 1635
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 26 × 33.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.918
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1021, i/ii; Duplessis 50, i/ii; IFF 50, i/ii; Le Blanc 92
DescriptionBound 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)