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The Barber (The Trades, Plate 6)
French
about 1635
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 26 × 33.7 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 26 × 33.7 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 1046, i/ii; Duplessis 1396, i/ii; IFF 1396, i/ii; Le Blanc 750
DescriptionGentleman in bedchamber, having his mustache curled by barber and assistant. "Ceux de qui l'humeur s'accomode..." Bound 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)