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La fortune de la France [graphic].

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.; Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.; Le Blon, Michel, 1587-1656, dedicatee.; Leblond, Roland, 1596-1651 or 1656, publisher.; Nagler, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von, 1770-1846, former owner.; Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Kupferstichkabinett, former owner.
1635
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 264- 987

Title
La fortune de la France [graphic].
Edition
[State 2 of 2].
Created/published
[Paris] : Le Blond le jeune exc. auec priuilege du roy sur le pont N. Dame au Pelican, [ca. 1635-1637]
Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 260 x 316 mm
Associated name
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blon, Michel, 1587-1656, dedicatee.
Leblond, Roland, 1596-1651 or 1656, publisher.
Nagler, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von, 1770-1846, former owner.
Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Kupferstichkabinett, former owner.
Material base
paper
Summary
The allegorical figure of Fortune in the sky bestows symbols of power and victory on the French (to viewer's left), while turning her back on the defeated Spanish (to right). The Spanish figures include a man with a wooden leg. In the background, two battle scenes on land and at sea.
Note
Title from item.

With dedication in lower margin: Illustri viro Michaeli Blondo Sacrae Regiae Suecorum Majestatis et Coronae ad Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae Regem legato, Abrahamus Bosse D.D.

24 lines of verse in 4 columns below, beginning Nos Ennemis meurent de voir.

Approximate date range and state from Join-Lambert & Préaud.
Cited/described in
Duplessis, G. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, 1227
Join-Lambert & Préaud. Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, 148
Blum, A. L'Oeuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, 1062
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 264- 987
Genre/form
Prints.
Allegorical prints.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.

Call number
ART 264- 987 (size M)
Folger-specific note
Provenance: 2 stamps of Kupferstichkabinett der Königliche Museen zu Berlin, one designating duplicate (Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, 1606 and 2398) and Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt, 2529) Watermark: grapes. Acquired from Susan Schulman, 2009-02-28.
Folger accession
264987

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