Galerie Christian Collin

(1602 - 1676) 

Visit of the Nursemaid

Etching and engraving

1633

A fine impression on laid paper, of the only state, plate 6 from the series Marriage in the City, published by Melchior [Ier or II] Tavernier, in Paris.

This series and the other one entitled Le mariage à la campagne, Abraham Bosse creates for the first time an original work using a width size and studying subjects less studied by the artists before.

Sheet: 272 x 357 mm

Reference: IFF 1379, Duplessis 1379

Condition: impression trimmed to the platemark, one small stain in the image, pink stain in the lower border.