Rare Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-ARTIST-JACQUES CALLOT-Bosse -ca. 1635

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SKU:
53750
Condition:
Used
Availability:
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Artist:
Abraham Bosse
Subject:
Portrait
Size:
Small
Time Period Produced:
Pre-1700
Signed:
Yes
Framing:
Unframed
Image Orientation:
Portrait
Medium:
Engraving
Color:
Black & White
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Description: Source unknown, to be determined. State: Third state of 3. Ref: Blum 1013. Famous portrait of Callot.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Abraham Bosse' after an anonymous artist. Abraham Bosse (French; 1604-1676) worked in Paris and made prints in the manner of Callot. He wrote a very famous treatice about etching and engraving. His prints document French life in the early and mid-17th. Century.

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'A la posterite.' - Bust of the engraver Jacques Callot in a decorative border with several cherubs, putti, a skull and architectural elements.

Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped to the image edge. A tiny chip off the left margin (backed with contemporary paper). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 13.9 x 24.6 cm. The image size is ca. 13.9 x 24.6 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.5 x 9.7 inch. The image size is ca. 5.5 x 9.7 inch.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: Coat of arms with a posthorn (= ca. 1630).

Location: TPCLA-C41-41

SKU: 53750

Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS