Bosse, Abraham
1602-1676
The Forces of France
| Date: | ca. 1627 |
| Medium: | Etching on laid paper |
| Dimensions: |
Plate: 172 x 399 mm. 6 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Sheet: 197 x 407 mm. 7 3/4 x 16 in. |
| Reference: | Blum 921, only state; Agnes’s & David Tunick, Inc, Fine Prints from Six Centuries, no. 11 |
| Annotations: | “Mariette excu cum privilege” bottom |
| Watermark: | Bunch of grapes with initials AC similar to Briquet 13197 (Provence, 1590) and Briquet 13209 (Provence, 1599) |
| Provenance: |
Fritz Rumpf (b. ca. 1855, Potsdam), Lugt 2161; Probably sold via H. G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), May 18-23, 1909; Paul Davidsohn (b. 1839, Berlin), Lugt 654 and Supplement; to his sale C. G. Boerner (Leipzig) on May 3-8, 1920, lot 745; Friedrich Quiring (b. 1886, Eberswalde, near Berlin), Lugt 1041c; Galerie Lecomte (Paris); 1975 to David Tunick, Inc. |
