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Childhood

Publisher Jean I Leblond French
1636
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Childhood
  • Series/Portfolio: The Four Ages of Man
    (Quatre Âges de l'homme)
  • Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris)
  • Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590–1666 Paris)
  • Date: 1636
  • Medium: Etching with engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 1/4 in. (27 × 33.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.49.27
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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