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A Shepherdess with a Dancing Dog

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
French
about 1640
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 20.8 × 13.8 cm (8 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.959
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1067, only state; Duplessis 1365, only state; IFF 1365; Le Blanc 757
DescriptionShepherdess, with dog on hind legs.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Pair with 44.960, mounted on same page.
Marks Verso, lower 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)