Identification title(s): french courtier following the edict of 1633. Le courtisan suivant le dernier edit (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-2009-1052. Catalog reference: duplessis (bosse) 1955. Inscriptions / marks: caption: 'le courtisan suivant le dernier edit: bien que sans mentir je cherisse / d'avoir du clinquant dessus moy / il faut pourtant que j'obeisse / aux defenses quen fait le roy / puis que le luxe m'incommode / l'aprouve fort ce changement / lacquay sers moy donc à la mode / et serre cet habillement. Le lacquay: sur ma foy cette broderie / n'a desormais plus d'entregent / si ce n'est à la friperie / ou l'on en tire de l'argent. ' (the courtrol who followed the last edict: without lying i can say / that i liked to adorn myself with finery / yet, however, i must obey / the king's laws / because luxury makes me feel uncomfortable / i approve this change / footman, serve me according to the latest fashion and help me in these clothes. Description: a courtier, hat in hand, stands in a room. He gives the footman behind him permission to sell his luxurious clothes to a second-hand shop (pants and embroidered doublet). He himself wears a doublet without embroidery and simple breeches, so that he complies with the regulation of the edict of 1633, which prescribed sober clothing. In his hand a hat with plumes. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: abraham bosse (mentioned on object) publisher: jean leblond (mentioned on object). Dating: 1612 - 1676. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: h 149 mm × w 97 mm. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase september 30, 2009. Date: between 1612 and 1676.
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