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The King's Drinkers


Aux buveurs très-illustres et haute crieurs du Roi boit
Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Pierre Firens I (French, about 1580–1638)
and: Melchior Tavernier II (French, 1594–1665)
about 1636

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.7 × 45.4 cm (13 1/4 × 17 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1073
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1054, only state; Duplessis 1404, only state; IFF 1404, i/ii
Marks Verso, bottom right, stamped in blue-violet ink, an unidentified mark (not in Lugt); verso, lower right, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Lugt 5132); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (not in Lugt). Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Lugt 5132). 1930, purchased by MFA (Accession Date: July 1, 1930)