Procession of courtiers to the chapel of Fontainebleau, to be knighted. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.

[Paris] : Melchior Tavernier, 1633.

1 print : engraving ; image 24.7 x 35.4 cm

A Paris chez Melchior Tavernier Graveur et Imprimeur du Roy pour les Tailles Doulces demeurant en lisle du Pallais sur le Quay qui regard la Megiserie/ L'Ordre du Marcher de M<essieu>rs les Chevalliers lors quilz furent creez a Fontaine-bleau le 14 May 1633. avec privilege du Roy. Bosse fecit This print is one in a series showing various rituals of the Order of the Holy Spirit, which Louis XIII created to demonstrate his piety and to provide a public display of pomp and penetance. Later prints show the procession reaching court, where the ladies look on. The prints are a valuable source of costume and courtly behaviour

Abraham Bosse wrote a treatise on printing techiques in 1642, Traicté 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

Nicole Villa, Le XVIIe. siecle vu par Abraham Bosse, graveur du Roy, Paris 1967, page 21

Wellcome Collection 38120i