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Donner à boire à ceux qui ont soif [graphic] / A. Bosse inv. et fe.

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.; Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.; Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
1635
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box B745 no.3

Title
Donner à boire à ceux qui ont soif [graphic] / A. Bosse inv. et fe.
Variant title
Duplessis set title: Oeuvres de miséricorde
Created/published
[Paris, France] : Le Blond excud, [1635?]
Description
1 print : etching ; platemark 255 x 331 mm
Associated name
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
On the patio before a house with an open door, several well-dressed young men and women are giving water to a group of people (men, women and children) wearing only rags. One woman fills a pitcher from an ornate fountain just to the right of the house.
Note
Date from British Museum.

From the seven-part series known as "Les oeuvres de miséricorde" (the works of mercy).

With four columns of French verse inscribed in plate beneath image.
Cited/described in
Duplessis, G. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, 51
British Museum collection database, [via www, Dec. 28 2009], registration no. 1868,0612.70
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box B745 no.3
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.

Call number
ART Box B745 no.3 (size L)
Folger accession
224745

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