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
poilly, editor
other title: works of mercy: visiting prisoners (dummy title)
date of production: around 1635
dating in century: 2nd quarter of the 17th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: etching
dimensions - square line:
height: 22. 2cm
width: 32cm
description:
plate 4 of a series of seven plates entitled "the works of mercy". Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink: "abosse inv. Et fe. "; "visit the prisoners. "; "poilly excuses with privilege du roy. "
legend - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink, verse: "man in his anxiety / who only torments him, / never knows how to exempt himself / from frisian, nor from seruitude. // by a contrary movement / love, hate, constraint, / care, hope and fear / captiuent him incessantly. // being true that his soul the same / is a prisoner of his body, / either from within or from without, / he is born with an extreme evil // it is therefore not without reason, / that he seeks to rescue from misery / those whom fortune to the contrary / has reduced to a prison. Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in red ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). Stamp - on the front, bottom left, in black ink: "carnavalet"
inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "r. G: 101"
iconographic description:
two couples from good society come to visit prisoners in their jail. Charity. 17th century fashion. Architecture. Jailer with his keys. Acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode
date of acquisition: 1886
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 101
part of:
works of mercy. Date: circa 1635.
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