L'Infirmerie de l'hospital de la Charité de Paris, G.115, Abraham Bosse, circa 1635

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 weyen, herman (27–02–1672), editor other title: the charity hospital (dummy title) date of production: around 1635 dating in centuries: 2nd quarter of the 17th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: burin, etching dimensions - artwork: height: 26. 2cm width: 32. 5cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, bottom from left to right, printed in black ink: "with privilege du roy. "; “abosse in. Et fe”. Legend - on the front, at the top, printed in black ink: "the infirmary of the hospital de la charité de paris. " legend - on the front, at the bottom, printed in black ink, verses: "you will have deserved much, / to enjoy prosperous things; / if you follow charity, / which these good fathers exercise here. // you see how ardently / their own virtue obliges them / to help at all times / those whom illness afflicts // they make all kinds of efforts, / of which their zeal saints inflames; / and for the healing of the body, / they think of the salvation of the soul // imitating their generous care, / you must use your pains / to heal the poor like they / in human infirmities. " dedication - on the front, bottom center, printed in black ink: "to honorable and virtuous lady, françoise robin, widow of the late iean l'intlair, viuant engineer of the king in his artificial fountains. D. D. / by your very humble servant herman weyen. ". Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in red ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). Stamp - on the front, bottom center, in black ink: "carnavalet". Number - on the back, in the center, in pencil: "20". Inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in ink: "r. G:115" iconographic description: infirmary of the charité hospital. Sick. Hospitaller brothers of the order of saint-jean-de-dieu, also known as brothers of charity, assisted by bourgeois. At the bottom, altar. Furniture (beds, table). Little girl with toy. Cauldron. Themes / subjects / places represented: architecture view mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 04–1884 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 115. Date: circa 1635.