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Louis XIII and Anne of Austria Seeking the Blessing of the Virgin for the Dauphin (The Dauphin, Plate 2)

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
French
about 1638-1639
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 20 × 41.1 cm (7 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.944
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1060, only state; Duplessis 1225, only state; IFF 1225; Le Blanc 679
DescriptionBound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)