Louis XIII (King of France), Leblond, Roland, Bosse, Abraham, La Galerie du Palais, Three shops in the Galerie du Palais, verso - stamped, Three shops in the 'Galerie du Palais' on the Ile de la Cité in Paris. On the left the bookshop, in the middle the shop where fans, gloves and other accessories are sold; on the right the lingerie shop where lace collars and cuffs are displayed. With a caption indicating that the customers do not belong to the nobility, but to the well-to-do middle class, who want to emulate the nobility in clothing and customs. A possible source of inspiration for this representation was Corneille's play 'La Galerie du Palais' (first performed in 1633). The play opens with the same shops as those in the print. Bosse is advertising his own work in the shops in the picture: in the middle a box is taken from the shelf on which is written 'evantails de Bosse' (Bosse fans); in the bookstore a book is displayed entitled 'Marianne', a play by Tristan l'Hermite (1635) in which the title page is by Bosse., print, prints, Tout ce que l'Art humain a jamais inventé, Pour mieux charmer les sens par la galanterie, Et tout ce qu'ont d'appas la Grace et la beauté, Se descouvre à nos yeux dans cette Gallerie., Icy les Cavaliers les plus advantureux, En lisant les Romans, s'animent à combatre;, Et de leur passion les Amans langoureux, Flattant les mouvements par des vers de Theater., Icy faisant semblant d'acheter devant tous, Des gands, des Evantails, du ruban, des danteles;, Les adroits Courtisans se donnent rendez-vous, Et pour se fair aimer, galantisent les Belles., Icy quelque Lingere à faute de succez, A vendre abondamment de colere se picque, Contre des Chiccaneurs qui parlant de procez, Empeschent les Chalands d'aborder sa Boutique., bottom center in the margin - engraved, height 253 mm, width 320 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1638, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own d
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