[Wives at table during the absence of their husbands] [graphic] / ABosse in. et fe.
1636
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 264- 930
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Title
[Wives at table during the absence of their husbands] [graphic] / ABosse in. et fe.
Variant title
Duplessis title: Femmes a la table en l'absense de leurs maris
Created/published
[Paris] : Le Blond excud. auec priuilege du roy, [ca. 1636]
Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 266 x 348 mm
Associated name
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
A group of well-dressed women eat at a table in a private chamber, with a bed in the corner. The verses below explain they are enjoying talking freely while their husbands are away. A female servant brings more food to the table. Two children sit in the left foreground; a dog and cat fight over a plate in right foreground.
Note
Title devised by cataloger.
16 lines of verse in 4 columns below, beginning Tandis que nos maris s'en vont donner carriere.
Approximate date from Join-Lambert & Préaud.
16 lines of verse in 4 columns below, beginning Tandis que nos maris s'en vont donner carriere.
Approximate date from Join-Lambert & Préaud.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012. Shakespeare's sisters.
Cited/described in
Duplessis, G. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, 1399
Join-Lambert & Préaud. Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, 145
Blum, A. L'Oeuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, 1049
Join-Lambert & Préaud. Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, 145
Blum, A. L'Oeuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, 1049
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 264- 930
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
Call number
ART 264- 930 (size M)
Folger-specific note
In ink, upper right margin: 49; in pencil, lower right margin: I.B.781; excess ink at right platemark (10 cm below upper platemark). On back, unidentified collector's stamp at upper right. Watermark (grapes) over left side of platemark, halfway down.
Folger accession
264930