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The Visit to the Wet Nurse (Le Mariage à la ville, Plate 6)

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Melchior Tavernier II (French, 1594–1665)
French
1633
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 27 × 35.3 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.970
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 0121, only state; Duplessis 1379, only state; IFF 1379; Le Blanc 778
DescriptionMother, nurse (with child), and servants in bedchamber before fire. "La mine de cette accouchée..."
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)