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The Printer of Engravings
French
1642
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.7 × 32.3 cm (10 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 0205, only state; Duplessis 1388, only state; IFF 1388; Le Blanc 745
DescriptionPrinters in workshop. "Cette figure vous montre Comme on Imprime les planches de taille douce,..."
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks
Verso of mounting sheet, 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)