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Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny

A gentleman with his head turned towards the right in profile, wearing a plumed hat and a cloak with the cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit, holding a whip in his right hand and his left arm in a sling, from "La Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise dans lequel ce peut ceuillir leur maniere de Vettements"

1629
Etching
18.8 × 12.8 cm (7.4 × 5 in)

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