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Jeanne Absolu

Print
1656 (published)
Artist/Maker
Abraham Bosse (engraver)
Huré (publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Print, portrait of a woman, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, within a decorative oval border, surmounted by drapery and phoenixes; below, on the left is a female figure with a cross and skull, supporting the portrait with her left hand, and on the right is an angel supporting the portrait with his right hand and holding the Sacred Heart in his left, with broken arrows at his feet, within an architectural setting.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Print
TitleJeanne Absolu (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Jeanne Absolu, engraving by Abraham Bosse, frontispiece to Modèle de la Perfection religieuse…by Jean Auvray, 1656.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a woman, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, within a decorative oval border, surmounted by drapery and phoenixes; below, on the left is a female figure with a cross and skull, supporting the portrait with her left hand, and on the right is an angel supporting the portrait with his right hand and holding the Sacred Heart in his left, with broken arrows at his feet, within an architectural setting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 12.4cm
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
'Jeanne Absolut dit la mere de St [?] sauveur […] [illegible] d fontevraut a hautesbruyeres.' (Inscribed on the back in an early hand)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Nun
Cross
Skull
Arrows
Angel
Jeanne Absolu
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Duplessis, Georges. Catalogue de l’Oeuvre de Abraham Bosse. Paris, 1859. 195 p.
  • Blum, André. L’Oeuvre Gravé d’Abraham Bosse. Paris: A. Morancé, 1924. 93 p. 44 plates.
  • Bibliothèque National. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Paris: M. le Garrec, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4304-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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