Abraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolor. He was born to Huguenot (Calvinist) parents in Tours, France, where his father had moved from Germany. His father was a tailor, and Bosse's work always depicted clothes in loving detail. He married Catherine Sarrabat at Tours in 1632. Bosse remained a Huguenot, dying before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, but was happy to illustrate religious subjects to Catholic taste. Roughly 1600 etchings are attributed to him, with subjects including daily life religion, literature, history, fashion, technology and science. Most of Bosse's output was illustrations for books, but many were also sold separately. His style grows from Dutch and Flemish art but is given a strong French flavor. Many of his images give informative detail about middle and upper-class daily life in the period, although they must be treated with care as historical evidence. Bosse's combination of very carefully depicted grand interiors with relatively trivial domestic subjects was original and highly influential on French art, and also abroad, William Hogarth's engravings are, among other things, a parody of the style. Most of his images are perhaps best regarded as illustrations rather than art. He was apprenticed in Paris about 1620 to the Antwerp-born engraver Melchior Tavernier (1564–1641), who was also an important publisher. Bosse's first etchings date to 1622 and are influenced by Jacques Bellange. Following a meeting in Paris about 1630, he became a follower of Jacques Callot, whose technical innovations in etching he popularised in a famous and much translated Manual of Etching (1645), the first to be published. Bosse took Callot's highly detailed small images to a larger size and a wider range of subject matter. Unlike Callot, his declared aim, in which he largely succeeded, was to make etchings look like engravings, to which end he sacrificed willingly the freedom of the etched line, whilst certainly exploiting to the full the speed of the technique. Like most etchers, Bosse frequently used the engraving on a plate in addition to etching but produced no pure engravings.
Portrait of an infamous thief
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head. Paris: circa 1670. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Group of seven (7) prints from Engravings of Plants + 1 Redouté
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
Each a lithograph with hand coloring on watermarked Arches wove paper with a deckle edge. Each 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 (412 x 312 mm); sheet 26 x 19 3/4 inches (661 x 502 mm), each with full...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$284
H 16.54 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Self-Portrait - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19...
Engraving
$260
H 5.91 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
Self-Portrait - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition...
Engraving
Still Life - Lithograph by Mario Bardi - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper. Hand and numbered in pencil. Edition of 99. Excellent condition. This striking colour lithograph by Mario Bardi, dated 1979, blends the language of still lif...
Lithograph
$331
H 9.06 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
A Peasant Calling Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
A Peasant Calling Out: "tis vinnich kout" (It's biting cold) is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This w...
Engraving
$500
H 19.75 in W 15.25 in D 1 in
Aegidius Sadeler II Engraving "Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, Roman Emperor"
By Aegidius Sadeler II
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Aegidius Sadeler II Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, from set of Roman Emperors and Empresses, c. 16th-17th century Engraving Publisher: Marcus Christoph Sadeler Sight: 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 in. This image was conceived in the 16th century by Aegidius Sadeler II and published by Marcus Christoph Sadeler. It is unclear when the present version was executed. Aegidius Sadeler or Aegidius Sadeler II[1] (1570–1629) was a Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and his successors. Sadeler was born in Antwerp in the Sadeler family of print dealers and engravers. He was the son of Emmanuel de Sayeleer and the nephew of Aegidius I, Jan I en Raphael Sadeler.[2] He was trained by his uncle Jan I and became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1589. He was active in Munich the next year in 1590, in Rome in 1593, in Naples and then again in Munich in 1594–1597. From 1597 he settled in Prague where he became court engraver for Rudolf II and made engraved portraits of notables and engravings after artworks there, most notably paintings by Bartholomeus Spranger, Roelant Savery, Hans von Aachen, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and sculptures by Giambologna and Adriaen de Vries. His early engravings were mostly faithful copies of works by Albrecht Dürer in the Imperial collection and copies of paintings by notable Italian painters such as Raphael, Tintoretto, Parmigianino, Barocci and Titian or by Northern painters who worked there, such as Paul Bril and Denys Calvaert. In Prague he also engraved portraits of the notables of Rudolf's court, and collaborated with Spranger, Joseph Heintz the Elder, Jacobus Typotius and his friend Anselmus Boece de Boodt (1550-1632), Rudolf II's gemologist and physician.[3] After Rudolf II died he enjoyed the favour and protection of the two succeeding Emperors, Matthias and Ferdinand II.[4][5] According to Michael Bryan...
Engraving
$1,200
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.25 in
1910 Master Wood Engraving after Rembrandt with Cap, Signed
By Timothy Cole
Located in Soquel, CA
1910 Master Wood Engraving after Rembrandt with Cap, Signed Beautifully rendered print after Rembrandt by master engraver Timothy Cole (British/American b. 1852 d. 1931.) Rembrandt ...
Tissue Paper, Ink, Pencil, Engraving
$295
H 27.56 in W 19.89 in D 0.04 in
Still Life - Lithograph by Mariangelo Zappitelli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand colored. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 99. Excellent condiion.
Lithograph
$355
H 19.3 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of Boy - Drawing by Hugo Pereyra - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Boy is an original artwork realized by Hugo Pereyra in 1964. Original Ink and Watercolor Hand-signed.
Watercolor, Ink
Still Life - Lithograph by Mario Bardi - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper. Hand and numbered in pencil. Edition of 99. Excellent condition. This striking colour lithograph by Mario Bardi, dated 1979, blends the language of still lif...
Lithograph
$213
H 19.69 in W 27.41 in D 0.04 in
Two Fishes - Lithograph by Giovan Battista De Andreis - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1990s. Hand signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Very good condition.
Lithograph
$378Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.03 in W 14.97 in
Dream about escaping a maze - Figurative print, Surrealism, Minimalism
By Joanna Wiszniewska-Domanska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Print is singed, dated and numered. It comes from limited edition of 50 copies JOANNA WISZNIEWSKA DOMAŃSKA (born in 1946) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphic...
Paper, Watercolor, Color
$295
H 12.21 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Watermelon - Lithograph after Renato Guttuso - 1982
By Renato Guttuso
Located in Roma, IT
Watermelon is a mixed colored lithograph by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso in 1982 The artwork is from XXeme Siècle Paris/New York; Printer Graphis Arte Livorno/Roma. Referenc...
Lithograph
Un homme se dirigeant a droite monte un degre
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original engraving and etching on laid paper by French artist Abraham Bosse (c.1602-1604-1676) titled "Un homme se dirigeant a droite monte un degre" 1629. Comes from the 1629 portfolio "The Garden of the French Nobles In Which One Can Pick Up Their Way of Dressing (La Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise dans lequel ce peut ceuillir leur maniere de Vettements)", a series of 18 plates. This etching is after a painting by French artist Jean de-Saint-Igny (ca. 1595-1600). This artwork is in many permanent museum collection including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Provenance: ex-permanent collection Bass Art Museum, Miami, Florida. Framed size: 16.5" x 14.5". Image size: 5.5" x 3.5". A rich impression, in excellent condition. Rare. Abraham Bosse (c. 1602-1604 – 14 February 1676) was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolor. He was born to Huguenot (Calvinist) parents in Tours, France, where his father had moved from Germany. His father was a tailor, and Bosse's work always depicted clothes in loving detail. He married Catherine Sarrabat at Tours in 1632. He remained a Huguenot, dying before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, but was happy to illustrate religious subjects to Catholic taste. Roughly 1600 etchings are attributed to him, with subjects including: daily life religion, literature, history fashion, technology, and science. Most of his output was illustrations for books, but many were also sold separately. His style grows from Dutch and Flemish art, but is given a strongly French flavor. Many of his images give informative detail about middle and upper-class daily life in the period, although they must be treated with care as historical evidence. His combination of very carefully depicted grand interiors with relatively trivial domestic subjects was original and highly influential on French art, and also abroad — William Hogarth...
Engraving, Etching, Intaglio