Les Cris de Paris le porteur d'eau, G.145(2), Abraham Bosse, between 1640 and 1650

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: between 1640 and 1650 dating in centuries: 2nd quarter of the 17th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: etching dimensions - artwork: height: 21. 1cm width: 14. 4cm description: plate 10 from a series of twelve plates entitled "les cris de paris". Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, bottom center, printed in black ink: "le blond excud avec privilege". Legend - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink: "the merchandise that i sell, / and that all the day i pour meine, / comes from the seine where i take it, / or from the well or the fountain // but from the naturalness of which i am, / i am so afraid that the water will drown me; / that i take it as little as i can, / and the wine is all my joy". Stamp - on the front, bottom center, in black ink: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d) collector's mark - on the front, lower right, in red ink: "legs amedee berger / 1881 / ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 232a). Inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in ink: "r. G:145" iconographic description: cry of paris. Small trades. Water carrier. In the background, urban landscape. River or stream. Themes / subjects / places represented: subject of society, morals mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: berger, amédée date of acquisition: 1881 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 145 part of: the cries of paris. Date: between 1640 and 1650.