La Fortune de la France An allegory of Fortune distributing gifts to the French
Printmaker: Bosse, Abraham
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
17th Century#
Circa
1635
CE
-
Circa
1638
CE
State before all lettering. Blum considered that the print was related to the birth of the Dauphin and dated it to 1638; Préaud (exhibition cat. 2000 'Abraham Bosse, savant graveur') disagreed and dated it slightly earlier.
Accession number: 30.I.4-225
Primary reference Number: 194441
BN Inventaire (17thC): 1227
Blum: 1062
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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