Abraham Bosse
Abraham Bosse (pron. Boss') (* around 1604 in Tours ; † February 1 or 14, 1676 in Paris ) was a French engraver and etcher.
Bosse designed many sheets with descriptions of ceremonies, festivals and scenes from popular life. He probably engraved Jacques Gomboust's large city map of Paris . As a friend of the architect and mathematician Gérard Desargues , he presented some of his ideas in popular form.
Fonts
- Eraser booklet. It is about the art of etching, namely how to etch with separating water in copper, how to make the water and how to make the hard and soft Etzgrund. Nuremberg 1689 (digitized version) . Reprint Moos, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7879-0088-8 .
- The art of engraving in copper. Nuremberg 1765. Reprinted by Ilmer, Osnabrück 1975.
literature
- Sophie Join-Lambert (Ed.): Abraham Bosse. Tours vers 1604–1676, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France , Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7177-2283-1 .
- Jean-Claude Vuillemin: Abraham Bosse. In: Luc Foisneau (ed.): Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century French Philosophers. Vol. 1. Thoemmes Continuum, London, New York 2008, pp. 176-179.
- Mathieu Guerriaud: Abraham Bosse et la gravure du doyen. In: Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie. Vol. 378/379, 2012, pp. 289-301 (PDF) .
Web links
Commons : Abraham Bosse - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Abraham Bosse at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the themed portal "History of Art History"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bosses, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engraver and eraser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1604 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tours |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1676 or February 14, 1676 |
| Place of death | Paris |