Abraham Bosse
(France 1602–1676)
- Title
- The schoolmistress
- Alternative title:
- La maistresse d'escole
- Year
- circa 1638
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching
- Dimensions
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26.3 x 32.9cm platemark; 27.0 x 33.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1938
- Accession number
- 6720
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Bosse was the most important follower of Jacques Callot. He also wrote the first manual on etching which goes so far as to say that the main aim of etching is to imitate engraving. Bosse's closely observed interiors give a vivid view of the life of the Parisian upper-middle class at the time of Louis XIII. In this print an elderly and bespectacled schoolmistress instructs a girl in reading, while, at the back of the schoolroom two girls eat a lunch of bread and fruit that they have brought with them in their baskets.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Le Grand Siècle, Sydney, 1997. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (2)
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Le Grand Siècle, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Jun 1997–17 Jul 1997.
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006.
