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A Courtier Dressing in the Style Required by the Edict of 1633


Le Courtisan suivant l'édict de l'année 1633
Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
French
about 1633
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 28.7 × 19.9 cm (11 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.954
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 0959, only state; Duplessis 1355, only state; IFF 1355
DescriptionMan at mirror, putting on "reformed" clothes.
Pair with 44.555. Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks Verso, center, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620 - d. 1706), London. 1944, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)