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Palamedes Facing His Enemies, Searching for Epicharis


A Group of Women and an Old Man Watching a Battle
Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
After: Claude Vignon (French, 1593–1670)
1639

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 22 x 16.6 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 19.3 x 14.6 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB680
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 0190, only state; Duplessis 1128, only state; IFF 1128; Le Blanc 582
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900