Le mari qui bat sa femme, G.88(2), Abraham Bosse, circa 1633

Author(s): bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), engraver bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), designer le blond, jean 1er (in 1666), editor date of production: around 1633 dating in century: 2nd quarter of the 17th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: etching dimensions - artwork: height: 25. 4cm width: 32. 7cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, bottom from left to right, printed in black ink: "abosse in. Et fe. "; "the blond excud with privilege". Legend - on the front, at the bottom from left to right, printed in ink, verses: "so you always want to irritate me / perfidious and dangerous beast; / and think that to tame you / my arm is less strong than your head. // but be sure that in fact / on you i will beat the measure; / and that for the harm you have done to me / i will make you pay for the wear and tear. // alas! i have the whole body crippled, / and tell you for all defense, / that i will not return there again, / forgive me therefore my offense // may the tears with which i deprive me / deflect your sad mood / have pity on your children, / if you do not have it from their mother. Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in red ink and purple ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). Stamp - on the front, bottom center, in black ink: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d). Inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "r. G:88" iconographic description: an angry man threatens with a stick his wife who is kneeling in front of him, disheveled and pleading. Portrait of a young man on the left, on a console. Chair overturned, collar handkerchief thrown on the ground as well as a hood, a comb and a clothes brush. Dog left showing teeth. On the right, the couple's children, terrified, trying to intercede on behalf of their mother. To the left of the bed, a font, as well as, in front of the open window with a northern landscape in the center, on a covered table, a glass and a bottle. Frame decorated with branches of rose bushes and roses. 17th century fashion. 17th century furniture. Themes / subjects / places represented: genre scene mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 1886 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 88. Date: circa 1633.