Galerie Christian Collin

(1602 - 1676) 

Childbirth

Etching and engraving

1633

Fine impression on watermarked laid paper, of the first state (on 2), plate 2 from the series Marriage à la ville, published by Le Blond, 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: 255 x 330 mm

Reference: IFF 1376, S. Join-Lambert, M. Préaud, Abraham Bosse, un savant graveur, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 20 avril au 11 juillet 2004, p. 122

Condition: trimmed inside the platemark.