Joan Surrounded by Her Soldiers

Abraham Bosseca. 1657

Details

Title: Joan Surrounded by Her Soldiers
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: French history, illustrations, military, poetry, soldiers
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: 1979.18.8.3

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