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Engraving of a lavish banquet with guests at a long table, a servant with a dish, columns and a garden view beyond.

Feast in Honor of the Prodigal Son

Engraving of a young couple by a fountain with a cupid, a formal garden behind them, and French verse below.

Youth, from The Four Ages of Man

n.d.

Engraving of five seated women in a candlelit interior by a fireplace, one reading, with oil lamps on a table.

Les Vierges sages, Nul vain objet...

Etching of fashionably dressed visitors entering a stone prison, with ragged prisoners, a chained man, and barred windows.

Gentry Visiting a Prison

Engraved allegorical portrait of a man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the backgro

Louis XIII as Hercules

Etching of a bearded street vendor in a wide-brimmed hat behind a table with glasses and flasks, beside a wooden fence.

Brandy or Cure Seller, plate 3 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat taking leave of his seated father in a columned room, with a departing traveler outs

The Prodigal Son Bids Farewell to his Father

Engraving of a seated young man embraced by a woman in a richly furnished room, with a wine glass, a child, and a dog nearby.

The Prodigal Son in a House of Ill-Repute

Engraving of a young man with a staff seated under a tree, with pigs grazing in a landscape beyond.

The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd

Engraving of a kneeling son embraced by his father on a colonnaded terrace, with a woman, musician and dog nearby.

The Prodigal Son Received by his Father

Engraving of a seated father embracing his returning son in an elegant columned interior, with attendants and a garden view.

The Prodigal Son's Father Orders the Best Robe and the Slaughter of the Fatted Calf

Engraving of a grand feast in a columned hall, with seated guests at a table, a standing man in a plumed hat, and a musician

The Feast Celebrating the Return of the Prodigal Son

Engraving of an elegant couple smelling flowers on a terrace above a formal garden, with dogs and a draped curtain.

Odoratus, L'Ordorat

Engraving of a standing man in period dress beside a chest and draped garments, with French verses below and leaded windows b

The Valet

Engraving of a dying man in a canopied bed with a skeleton and demons, while mourners and a priest stand nearby in a room.

The Death of the Rich Man

mid-17th century

Etching of a lavish banquet with seated diners in feathered hats, a standing servant, and a garden view through a window.

The Banquet of the Rich Man, plate 1 from "The Parable of Dives and Lazarus" (La Parabole du mauvais Riche et de Lazare)

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of visitors in period dress gathered by a bed where a sick person lies, with a child and a caption below.

Visiting the Sick

Engraving of a feathered female figure holding a coconut and spear beside a palm tree, with a landscape and sun behind her.

Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a woman with a parasol and tambourine, with an elephant and palm trees in the background, captioned L'Afrique.

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a crowned female figure holding a scepter in a landscape with a distant town, labeled L'Europe.

Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of an allegorical figure of Asia in a turban holding a smoking incense burner, with pyramids in the background.

Allegory of Asia, from "The Four Continents"

mid to late 17th century

Dark bound book cover with a gold-stamped tan leather label reading Abraham Bosse, Les vierges folles et les vierges sages.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Engraving of a chimney sweep with a long pole on his shoulder walking a cobbled street past buildings and a church tower.

The Chimney Sweep, plate 6 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

mid to late 17th century

Etching of a vinegar merchant pushing a cart of barrels toward a woman holding a flask at a doorway, with a town behind.

The Vinegar Merchant, plate 8 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a curly-haired courtier with plumed hat in a room with a window, while a servant sits adjusting a striped chair.

Courtier Following Edict Against Superfluity in Dress

mid to late 17th century

Etching of two men walking with a musket and plucked hens, a tower and trees in the background.

Two Marauders, from "The French Guards" (Les Gardes Françaises)

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a plumed soldier with a rapier walking before a walled town, with topiary and a pedestal at right.

A Soldier on Duty, from "The French Guards" (Les Gardes Françaises)

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a standing woman in a dark gown beside a draped table and chair, in a room with a leaded window and French verse

The Reformed Woman

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a seated woman in a lace-collared gown holding an open book beside a leaded window and curtain.

Seated Woman Holding a Book and Singing

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a curly-haired man in elaborate dress playing a lute beside a stone column, with French verse below.

Man Singing and Playing a Lute

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a man in a lace collar and tasselled garters beside embroidered clothes, a trunk, and leaded windows, with Frenc

A Valet Putting Away the Luxious Clothes of His Master

mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a man in ornate 17th-century dress gesturing beside a chair of clothing and an open trunk, with French verse bel

A Valet Putting Away the Luxurious Clothing of His Master

mid to late 17th century