Title page of the miseries of war
| Reference: | 47145 |
| Author | Abraham Bosse |
| Year: | 1632 ca. |
| Measures: | 116 x 55 mm |
€100.00
| Reference: | 47145 |
| Author | Abraham Bosse |
| Year: | 1632 ca. |
| Measures: | 116 x 55 mm |
€100.00
Description
Etchiing, 1632/5 circa, from the "Les petites misères de la guerre".
Example in the second state of two, with the address of publisher Israel Henriet, dated 1636 in the title.
The series consists of six incisions on the title page, engraved by Abraham Bosse. The works chronologically precede the series masterful "Great miseries of war", composed of 18 plates.
Etching, magnificent proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, with thin margins or trimmed with copper, laid down on antique mounting, in good condition.
Literature
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Meaume 557; Lieure 1333-1338 II/II; H. Diane Russell., Jacques Callot prints & Related Drawings pp. 60-62.
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Abraham Bosse (Tours 1604 circa – Parigi 1676)
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Abraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour. Roughly 1500 etchings are attributed to him, and give fascinating and informative detail about middle and upper-class daily life in the period. In 1641 he began to attend classes given by the architect Girard Desargues (1591–1661) on perspective and other technical aspects of depiction. Bosse not only adopted these methods but also published a series of works between 1643–1653 explaining and promoting them. In 1648, when Cardinal Mazarin established the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Bosse was made a founding member. However his publicising of Desargues' methods embroiled him in a controversy with Charles Le Brun and his followers who had different methods, and also a belief that "genius" rather than technical method should be the guide in creating artworks. In 1661 Bosse was forced to withdraw from the Academy; he established his own school as an alternative.
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Literature
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Meaume 557; Lieure 1333-1338 II/II; H. Diane Russell., Jacques Callot prints & Related Drawings pp. 60-62.
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Abraham Bosse (Tours 1604 circa – Parigi 1676)
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Abraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour. Roughly 1500 etchings are attributed to him, and give fascinating and informative detail about middle and upper-class daily life in the period. In 1641 he began to attend classes given by the architect Girard Desargues (1591–1661) on perspective and other technical aspects of depiction. Bosse not only adopted these methods but also published a series of works between 1643–1653 explaining and promoting them. In 1648, when Cardinal Mazarin established the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Bosse was made a founding member. However his publicising of Desargues' methods embroiled him in a controversy with Charles Le Brun and his followers who had different methods, and also a belief that "genius" rather than technical method should be the guide in creating artworks. In 1661 Bosse was forced to withdraw from the Academy; he established his own school as an alternative.
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