Country dance, performed by villagers. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.

  • Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.
Date:
1633
Reference:
38135i
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Country dance, performed by villagers. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

. On the right, an old man holds his spectacles up to see a country bride (garlanded with her hair let down) and husband leading a gavotte in front of the local church

Publication/Creation

[Paris] (Ches le Blond pres la porte de Paris devant les Boucheries au Soleil d'or) : Le Blond, 1633.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 21.9 x 30.4 cm

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Lettering

le Blond excud<it> avec Privilege. Ace que je puis voir avecque mes lunettes... Nicole Villa, Le XVIIe. siecle vu per Abraham Bosse. Graveur du Roy, Paris 1967, page 25

Notes

One print in a series showing scenes of a marriage in the country

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38135i

Creator/production credits

Abraham Bosse wrote a treatise on printing techiques in 1642, Tracité des manières de graver en taille-douce sur l'airin (Paris 1645) where he gave a detailed account of how a roller press was made and discussed the use of the échoppe. He became an honorary royal academician in 1651

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