Les Cris de Paris un joueur de flûte et de tambourin, G.10435(3), 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): print, graphic arts name(s): print dimensions - artwork: height: 21cm width: 14. 3cm description: plate 2 of a series of twelve plates entitled "les cris de paris". Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, lower left, printed in black ink: "le blond excud avec privilege". Legend - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink: "with two instruments my dearest delights / i assemble more people than a second tabarin / but i do not please so much the children as the nurses / who prefer the flute to the sound of the tabourin" stamp - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "bibl / ville paris". Number - on the front, bottom left then top right, in pencil: "11"; "81". Watermark inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, in black ink: "g: 10435" iconographic description: cry of paris. Small trades. Musician playing flute and tambourine. On the right, two children. In the background, landscape. Farms. Themes / subjects / places represented: subject of society, morals acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 10435 part of: the cries of paris. Date: between 1640 and 1650.