| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Abraham Bosse |
| Published | par A. Bosse graveur en taille douce. A Paris, 1647, avec privilege. but later? |
| Dimensions | Image 142 x 95 mm, Plate 150 x 96 mm, Sheet 283 x 214 mm |
| Notes |
Title page for Abraham Bosse's Maniere Universelle De Ml. Desargues pour practicquer la Perspective par petit pied Comme le Geometral. Two bare chested seated women lean against each other. The woman on the right holds a tablet with the word Perspectif inscribed on it, The woman on the left holds a measuring instrument in her right hand, a sheet of paper inscribed with the word Geomtral lies at her feet. With the number 62 inscribed in the upper right of the image. A plate from Charles Antoine Jombert's drawing book Nouvelle Méthode Pour Apprendre A Dessiner Sans Maître. Abraham Bosse (1604-1676) French printmaker and painter born in Tours and a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and a student of the surveyor Girard Desargues, founder of projective geometry. Blum 424, Duplessis 553, Lothe 574 |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £50.00 |
| Stock ID | 36673 |