Rijke man (Dives) op zijn sterfbed, belaagd door duivels, Abraham Bosse, 1637 - 1638

Title(s)

Rijke man (Dives) op zijn sterfbed, belaagd door duivels
La Parabole de Lazare et du mauvais riche (series title)
Parabel van Lazarus en de rijke man (Dives) (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-42.017

Catalogue reference

• Duplessis (Bosse) 41
• IFF 17e siècle 41

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Abraham Bosse (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Abraham Bosse (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jean Leblond (I) (mentioned on object)
• Lodewijk XIII (koning van Frankrijk) (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1637 - 1638

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 261 mm × width 331 mm

What

• Dives dies; his soul is brought into hell by devils
• parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ richness and poverty
• deathbed
• devil(s) and demons

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• L'œuvre gravé d'Abraham Bosse, graveur parisien du XVIIe siècle : catalogue général avec les reproductions de 451 estampes, José Lothe, p. 160, cat.nr. 14
• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 1, p. 478, cat.nr. 41
• Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, pp. 14-15, cat.nr. 41