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Joan of Arc Rescues the King; Paris in the Background

Abraham Bosse, Claude Vignonca. 1657

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

Details

  • Title: Joan of Arc Rescues the King; Paris in the Background
  • Creator: Abraham Bosse after Claude Vignon
  • Date Created: ca. 1657
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate
  • Set or Series Title: Joan of Arc, or France Liberated (La Pucelle ou La France delivrée)
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1979
  • Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Indistinct H[?] E D over circlets
  • Keywords: France, French history, illustrations, Paris, poetry
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: From “Joan of Arc, or France Liberated,” set of 13 illustrations for the poem by Chapelain; after Claude Vignon as published in Paris: Augustin Courbe, 1656
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 260 mm x 182 mm (10.24 in. x 7.17 in.). Sheet dimensions: 318 mm x 216 mm (12.52 in. x 8.5 in.).
  • Bibliography: G. Duplessis (Paris, 1859), p. 107, nos. 1148–1160; N. Villa (Paris, 1967), p. 18 and plate 39; Blum 670–682
  • Associated People: Created by Abraham Bosse (French, 1602-1676), After Claude Vignon (French, 1593-1670)
  • Accession Number: 1979.18.8.13

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