Abraham BOSSE
1602 - 1676
La Galerie du Palais
circa 1638
Original etching
250 × 318, cut just after the square line
Fine proof of the first state (of 2) with the engraved inscription Demeurant sur le pont N. Dame au Pélican at the bottom, rust stain in the upper part of the subject, black stain on the fleurdelisé fabric on the left, pinhole in the upper left corner, slight pitting in the tablet
Watermark: Arms of France and Navarre
Reference: Duplessis 1267 ii/ii, Blum 1065 ii/ii, Join-Lambert et Préaud 158, Lothe 271 i/ii