Abraham BOSSE
1602 - 1676
The groom's Charivari or The Chaudeau
Plate 3 from the series entitled Le Mariage à la campagne (The Country Wedding), circa 1632–1633
Original etching and engraving
256 × 329 mm, trimmed slightly within the platemark
Fine impression of the first state (of 2), with Le Blond’s address, small restored losses and thinning along the edges, small printing crease along the left edge
On the reverse, trace of an old central vertical fold, traces of water damage along the right edge showing through on the front
Fragment of watermark
Reference: Duplessis 1382 i/ii, Blum 964 i/ii, Join-Lambert and Préaud 81, Lothe 273 i/ii