Border at Bottom Center: Portrait of Gaston of France in an Ornamental Border, from a group of sixteen plates originally mounted as a single sheet, entitled Siège de La Rochelle (The Seige of La Rochelle)

Abraham Bosse|Michel Lasne

1628–31 · Etching and letterpress; third state of four (Lieure) · Drawings and Prints

Border at Bottom Center: Portrait of Gaston of France in an Ornamental Border, from a group of sixteen plates originally mounted as a single sheet, entitled Siège de La Rochelle (The Seige of La Rochelle) — Abraham Bosse|Michel Lasne

The depiction of the Siege of La Rochelle was commissioned by Louis XIII in 1628. The plates illustrate French victory at the command of Cardinal Richelieu.

Artist: Abraham Bosse|Michel Lasne
Date: 1628–31
Medium: Etching and letterpress; third state of four (Lieure)
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957