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
other title: plan of the king's garden, 1641 (dummy title)
date of production: in 1641
dating in century: 2nd quarter of the 17th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): plan, section, elevation
materials and techniques: burin, etching
dimensions - board shot:
height: 52. 4cm
width: 70. 9 cm
description:
plate for "catalogue of plants now cultivated in the royal garden of medical plants, estably by louis the just, in paris. . . ", by guy de la brosse, paris, 1641
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - on the front, at the top of the image: "the horizontal perspective dv iardin royal des / medicinal plants estably in paris by lovis / le ivste roy de france et de navarre. "; at the bottom left of the image, the scale of the plan: "scale of 40. Toizes. "; in the center: "dediated to havt et puiss. T seign. And on the right: "designed and engraved by abosse in the year 1641. ". Stamp - on the front, bottom center, in red ink: "ville / de / paris / legs amedee berger 1881" (cf. Lugt 232a). Iconographic description:
plan. The jardin des plantes is represented with its topographical layout and its plots. Historical commentary:
this plate was one of the thousand plates representing plants ordered in 1640 by guy de la brosse, intendant of the jardin du roi, in bosse, and which were to constitute the illustrations of his work. The death of la brosse interrupted this project while bosse had engraved one hundred and twenty plates, the two plans of the jardin du roi and the illustrated title. Themes / subjects / places represented:
garden
mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: berger, amédée
date of acquisition: 1881
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 22843. Date: En 1641.
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