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Abraham Bosse

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Engraving of fashionable shoppers browsing fans, books and lace in a 17th-century shop gallery, with two dogs in the foregrou

Galerie du Palais

1637

Engraving of costumed actors on a stage with arched backdrop, two onlookers in side pillars, and French verses below.

Drie acteurs in het theater van l'Hôtel de Bourgogne

1634

Engraving of a shoemaker and wife at a counter, shoes hanging overhead, with three men seated drinking in the foreground.

Schoenmaker en zijn vrouw in de winkel

1632

Engraving of a barber trimming a seated man's moustache in a room with a bed, window, and framed painting.

Barbier werkt de snor van een man bij

1632

Engraving of a pastry shop with bakers, a brick oven, pies on a table, and a woman with a child on the right.

Banketbakkerij

1635

Engraving of a family praying at a long dining table, with a garden and commandment tablet in the background.

Familie aan tafel tijdens het tafelgebed

1635

Engraved interior of women dining at a long table with a servant, a fireplace, a canopy bed and two dogs.

Dinerende vrouwen aan een tafel

1636

Etching of a woman receiving a letter from a young man with a dog, while another woman watches in an interior.

Vrouw overhandigt een liefdesbrief aan een bode

1635

Engraved print in a grid of 24 small scenes of a king, courtiers and servants, each paired with a verse panel.

Vierentwintig afbeeldingen van een koning en zijn hofhouding met tekst

1629

Engraving of a mustached man in a plumed hat and lace collar beside a young servant, with French verses below.

Franse man met een lakei

1635

Engraving of a mustached man in a feathered hat and ruff with a rapier, beside a boy, with a harbor town behind.

Karikatuur van een Spaanse man met een lakei

1635

Engraving of a Spanish soldier with a ruff and rapier walking past a skeleton of Death holding an hourglass.

Spaanse soldaat in een landschap

1635

Engraving of a French cavalier with feathered hat and raised rapier before a castle and hilly landscape, with French verse be

Franse soldaat in een landschap

1635

Engraved caricature of a swaggering soldier in a plumed hat and ruff, smoking a pipe, with a French verse below.

Karikatuur van een Spaanse kapitein

1635

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered hat attacking a startled woman with a basket on her head, with a town and tower behin

Struikrover valt een vrouw aan

1628

Engraving of a crowned woman holding a chained man's wrist, flanked by a helmeted warrior, an old man, and a girl gesturing s

Vrouw door drie mannen en twee vrouwen geboeid

1612

Engraving of a man in a crown leaning on a ledge, his cloak patterned with women's faces, a monkey beside him.

Man met een mantel waarop vrouwenhoofden, leunt op een tafel waarop een aap

1634

Engraving of four musicians playing lute and cello around a table in a room with open windows, sheet music scattered on the t

Hearing

ca. 1638

Engraving of a seated woman and attendant in an interior, with a man aiming a rifle from a window at right.

Sight

1635-38

Engraving of a couple on a terrace smelling flowers, with a formal garden and dogs beside a stone balustrade.

Smell

ca. 1638

Engraving of a fashionable dinner scene with seated diners, a servant with a platter, a dog, and a tapestry behind.

Taste

1635-38

Engraving of a seated couple embracing by a fireplace while a servant draws a bed curtain in a richly furnished room.

Touch

1635-38

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a birch rod supervising boys at desks while girls play with marbles in a timber-beamed room.

The School Master

ca. 1635-38

Engraving of a surgeon bandaging a seated woman's arm in a richly furnished room, with a servant holding a basin and dogs on

The Surgeon

1632

Engraving of a seated woman having her shoe fitted by a kneeling shoemaker, with a couple at a table and French verses below.

The Shoemaker

1632-33

Etching of a barber shaving a seated man in a richly furnished bedroom with a canopy bed, window, and French verses below.

The Barber

1632-33

Engraving of a schoolmistress teaching young girls in a furnished room with a window, a dog, and a sweeping servant.

The School Mistress

ca. 1638

Pen drawing of an ornate interlaced monogram with acanthus scrolls on a cream page in a bound album.

Die verschlungenen Initialen der Anne de Chambré kalligraphisch verziert

1660

Pen and wash drawing of a winged putto and a woman on a stage with musicians playing viols, labeled Mode Ionien.

Mode Ionien

1660

Grey wash drawing of putti playing musical instruments before a colonnade and fountain labelled Sous Ionien.

Sous Ionien

1660

Engraving of a formal ball with dancing couples, musicians, and seated spectators in an ornate interior with tall windows.

The Ball

ca. 1634-35

Engraving of commedia dell'arte actors on a stage with arched backdrop, two onlookers in side balconies, and French verses be

Actors at the Hotel de Bourgogne

ca. 1633-34

Engraved title page with a bust portrait of Jacques Callot in an oval, surrounded by cherubs, a skull, and French text.

Jacques Callot

in or after 1635

Engraving of women visiting a new mother in a canopied bed, with children and a small dog on a tiled floor.

Visit to the New Mother

1633

Engraving of women gathered in a canopied bedchamber beside a resting woman, with a servant and a table of dishes at right.

Return from the Christening

1633

Etching of women dining at a long table in a decorated room with a fireplace, a servant, children and dogs, French verses bel

Wives at Table During the Absence of Their Husbands

ca. 1635-36

Engraving of women in lace collars dozing in a furnished room with a fireplace, tapestries and a flower basket.

Foolish Virgins Sleeping

ca. 1635

Engraving of a woman in an elaborate gown holding a carnation, with flower vases on pedestals and a garden behind her.

Smell

1635-38

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

ca. 1633

Engraving of a ratcatcher in a plumed hat and ruff, carrying dead rats on a flag and staff across a hilly landscape.

The Ratcatcher, plate 7 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

1632-33

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

Gentry Visiting a Prison

1602

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women and children cooking by a fireplace and a servant setting a long dining table

Winter

ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned room, with a cherub and flower basket, looking out onto a garden fountain.

The Four Seasons: Spring

1635

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

1602

Engraved title page showing two gentlemen in plumed hats overlooking a formal French garden with a fountain and strollers.

Le jardin de la Noblesse Francois (...)titelblad

1629

Engraving of a fashionably dressed man with curled hair, lace collar and ruffled boots standing in a room beside a plumed hat

Franse hoveling volgt het Edict van 1633

1633

Engraving of a curled-haired courtier in a feathered hat beside a seated servant holding clothes, in a room with a leaded win

Franse hoveling die het Edict van 1633 navolgt

1612

Engraving of a man in fashionable 1633 dress gesturing beside a chest and chair of garments, with French verse below.

Lakei die het edict van 1633 navolgt

1633

Etching of fashionable figures shopping among bookstalls, fan and lace shops in a 17th-century Parisian gallery, with dogs in

The Gallery of the Palace of Justice

ca. 1638

Engraving of two ships with soldiers in plumed hats and shields, rough waves below, and a cherub with a trumpet and banner ab

Twee schepen met soldaten

1637

Engraved frontispiece with a bow-carrying woman on a chariot, a standing man, trees, and the title Seconde Partie de Polexand

Polexandre voor Diana

1637

Engraving of a Diana statue on a pedestal flanked by two men in a classical arched interior with fruit garlands.

Prins overhandigt een kroon aan Polexandre voor een beeld van Diana

1637

Engraving of a kneeling man before a plumed woman, with a child and older woman among trees in a landscape.

Polexandre knielt voor een vrouw

1637

Engraving of a crowned queen handing a scepter to a kneeling man under a draped canopy with candelabra and attendants.

Koningin overhandigt een scepter aan Polexandre onder een baldakijn

1637

Engraved title page showing a king on a throne under a canopy with courtiers, a standing woman, a gesturing man and a dog.

Koning op een troon onder een baldakijn met overige figuren

1637

Engraved title page cartouche with Cupid on water, inscribed Clytophon & Leucippe, flanked by foliage and putti.

Cartouche met een Amor drijvend op zijn pijlenkoker

1635

Engraved title page with a wreath, cherubs, a horse, and figures in an arched doorway, for L'Ariane, 1639.

Ariane overhandigt de teugels van een paard aan Melinte

1639

Engraving of a wounded man on the ground tended by a man and two women before classical architecture and an obelisk.

Emilie en Camille vinden de gewonde Melinte en Palamède

1639

Engraving of a nude woman in a bath gazing up at winged figures on clouds, with cupids and an attendant nearby.

Marcellin verrast door de schoonheid van Ariane in bad

1639

Engraving of a crowned man on a draped stage receiving a wreath while a crowd of soldiers and spectators watches.

Melinte en Palamède krijgen op het toneel de tweede en derde prijs uitgereikt

1639

Engraving of a man and woman on horseback fleeing a burning building while soldiers attack around them.

Melinte redt Ariane te paard uit het door Néron in brand gestoken huis

1639

Etching of a winged figure above a boat with two escapees beside a round tower on a river at night.

Mélinte en Palamède ontsnappen in een boot

1639

Engraving of a dim interior with a woman holding a lamp by an open door, figures collapsed on the floor, and two standing men

Mélinte en Eurylas vinden de gevallen Corinne, Curion en Palamède

1639

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 the prodigal son departing from his father in an elegant room, with a traveler and horseman in the landscape bey

Vertrek van de verloren zoon

1636

Engraving of richly dressed figures feasting in an interior with a dog and verse text below, by Abraham Bosse, 1636.

Verloren zoon verkwist zijn erfenis

1636

Engraving of a seated ragged man with a staff beneath trees, with pigs grazing by a river in the background.

Verloren zoon als varkenshoeder knielt in gebed

1636

Engraving of a father embracing a kneeling son on a terrace, with a woman on a balcony and a distant landscape.

Terugkeer van de verloren zoon

1636

Engraving of a family interior with a father embracing a richly dressed son, elegant women, a servant, and a garden view.

Verloren zoon door zijn vader gekleed

1636

Engraving of a grand banquet interior with seated diners, columns, a chandelier, and a garden view, with French verses below.

Feestmaal voor de teruggekeerde verloren zoon

1636

Engraving of a lavish banquet indoors with richly dressed diners, a servant with a jug, and a beggar seen through a doorway a

Feestmaal van de rijke man (Dives) met Lazarus bedelend aan de deur

1637

Etching of a dying man in a canopy bed attacked by demons, with mourners at right and French verses below.

Rijke man (Dives) op zijn sterfbed, belaagd door duivels

1637

Engraving of Lazarus on his deathbed as angels point to light breaking through clouds, with a woman, a dog and verses below.

Lazarus op zijn sterfbed wordt door engelen de weg ten hemel gewezen

1637

Engraving of five women seated around an altar with an open book and crucifix, inside a room with tapestries and tall windows

Vijf wijze maagden amuseren zich met vrome activiteiten

1638

Engraving of five women seated by a fireplace in a candlelit room with oil lamps and open books on a table.

Vijf wijze maagden rustend bij het haardvuur

1638

Etching of five women in a lavish interior with a table, guitar, open book, globe and fireplace, with verse captions below.

Vijf dwaze maagden amuseren zich met wereldse geneugten

1638

Engraving of five women with lamps approaching a haloed figure in radiant light beside a classical column.

Vijf wijze maagden verschijnen met lamp voor hun bruidegom

1638

Engraving of five women resting by a fireplace in a richly decorated room, with empty lamps on the floor and French verse bel

Vijf dwaze maagden rustend bij het haardvuur

1638

Engraving of five women on a columned terrace with lamps and a garden behind, with French verse below the scene.

Vijf dwaze maagden worden niet ontvangen door de bruidegom

1638

Engraving of elegant couples on a columned terrace under slanting sunbeams, with a garden, carriage, and dog in the backgroun

Summer

ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned interior with a cupid, flower basket, and garden fountain beyond, titled Spring.

Spring

ca. 1637

Engraving of revelers brawling under a grapevine arbor beside a fruit-laden table, with a dog and wine barrels, labeled Autum

Autumn, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatres Saisons)

ca. 1637

Engraved workshop scene of two printmakers at work, a visitor in a hat, framed prints and portraits on the walls.

The Engraver and the Etcher

1643

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

1602

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

1602

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

1602

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

1602

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

1602

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

1602

Engraving of a printmaker's workshop with workers inking plates and operating a large wooden etching press beneath hanging pr

The Etcher's Press - The Printmaker's Shop

1642

Engraving by Abraham Bosse showing couples on a colonnaded balcony with a garden and estate view under sunbeams.

Zomer

1638

Engraving of richly dressed men and women feasting and fighting under a grapevine arbor, with a table of fruit and a dog.

Herfst

1636

Engraving of a crowned allegorical female figure holding a scepter, with a rocky landscape and distant city, by Abraham Bosse

Europa

1612

Engraving of a turbaned woman holding a smoking incense burner, with a camel rider and pyramids in the distance.

Azië

1612

Engraving of a woman with a parasol and tambourine standing before palm trees, an elephant, and a village.

Afrika

1612

Engraving of an allegorical female figure personifying America, with feathered headdress, spear and palm tree, dated 1612.

Amerika

1612