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! ! 1! Ashley!Friedman! ! ! La#Fortune#de#la#France!and!Its!Dedicatee,!Michel!Le!Blon! ! ! ! ! The!etching,!La#Fortune#de#la#France,#made!by!Abraham!Bosse!in!1635;1637! possesses!an!interesting!story,!not!only!in!the!subject!matter!but!with!the!patron,! Michel!Le!Blon.!The!etching!depicts!an!allegorical!figure!of!“fortune”,!looking!upon! the!French!favorably,!while!there!is!a!battle!scene!in!the!background.!On!the!left!side! of!the!image!Bosse!has!shown!French!aristocrats,!clearly!displaying!their!wealth.! While!on!the!right!side,!the!unfortunate!Spaniards!are!featured!under!cloudy!skies! and!identifiable!by!their!top!hats. 1 !Upon!a!closer!look!of!the!etching,!there!is!an! inscription!written!in!French!that!describes!the!scene!quite!poetically.!It!details!the! abundant!gifts!Fortune!is!bestowing!upon!the!French!King!Louis!XIII!and!Queen! Anne!of!Austria,!such!as!the!scepters!and!laurel!wreathes. 2 !The!Latin!inscription! beneath!the!French!is!a!dedication!to!Michel!Le!Blon,!a!German!patron,!artist!and!art! dealer.!Le!Blon’s!background!in!the!world!of!art!is!essential!to!understanding!why! this!work!would!have!been!dedicated!to!him!in!the!first!place.!Le!Blon!worked!as!an! agent!for!Queen!Christina!of!Sweden!amongst!other!patrons. 3 !The!expertise!Le!Blon! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 !Bosse,!Abraham.!P.!Von!Baldinger;Seidenberg,!and!Roland!Leblond.!1635.!La# Fortune#de#la#France.!Trans.!Birdy!MacLennan.! 2 !“Fortune!Favoring!France!(La!Fortune!de!la!France),”!The!Metropolitan!Museum!of! Art,!accessed!March!15,!2014,!http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search;the! collections/387614?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20140319&ao=on&ft=*&who=Abraha m+Bosse%7cMichiel+Le+Blon&pos=1.! 3 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web:!Agent!and!Artist!Michel!Le!Blon!and! His!Northern!European!Network,”!in!Double#Agents:#Cultural#and#Political#Brokerage# in#Early#Modern#Europe,!ed.!Marika!Keblusek!and!Badeloch!Vera!Noldus.!(Brill,! 2011)!161.! ! ! 2! had!acquired!as!a!talented!artist!allowed!him!to!be!an!excellent!agent!and!art!dealer.! The!countless!numbers!of!pieces!he!was!commissioned!to!buy!for!his!wealthy!clients! would!have!led!to!him!to!this!unique!Bosse!etching.!In!addition,!the!prominent!role! of!the!art!dealer!in!Northern!Europe!during!the!seventeenth!century!is!an!inherent! factor!for!the!reason!a!man!like!Michel!Le!Blon!would!have!this!image!dedicated!to! him.!
! Le!Blon!lived!in!Frankfurt!until!his!early!twenties,!when!he!moved!to! Amsterdam.!At!this!time,!Amsterdam!was!a!booming!city,!especially!for!artists!and! other!creative!types.!This!immense!growth!can!be!attributed!to!the!conflict!between! the!Dutch!and!the!Spanish!in!the!late!1500’s.!Antwerp!was!no!longer!considered!the! foremost!trading!center,!and!Amsterdam!assumed!its!role!as!an!international!hub! for!commerce. 4 !Le!Blon!began!to!set!up!shop!here!and!created!an!established! reputation!as!a!goldsmith!by!1610.!He!had!a!successful!career!in!Amsterdam!and! joined!the!social!circle!of!artists!and!poets!known!as!the!Muiden!Circle. 5 !He!was!also! a!member!of!a!rhetoric!society!for!Flemish!immigrants.!Le!Blon!was!fully!entrenched! in!the!artistic!networks!of!the!nobility!in!Amsterdam,!as!well!as!other!cities!in!the! Dutch!Republic.!! He!had!no!shortage!of!commissions!and!received!arguably!his!most! important!one!from!the!Swedish!chancellor!Axel!Oxensterina.!Beginning!in!1632,! Oxensterina!requested!Le!Blon’s!service!as!an!informant!on!political!matters!that! were!relevant!to!Sweden.!At!the!time,!Sweden!was!also!involved!with!several! conflicts!within!Europe,!particularly!with!the!Spanish!during!the!Thirty!Years!War,! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!162;163.! 5 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!163.! ! ! 3! and!thus!had!a!need!for!the!critical!information!Le!Blon!was!providing. 6 !Le!Blon!and! Oxensterina’s!correspondence!often!included!information!on!both!art!and!politics,! as!the!two!were!many!times!intertwined 7 .!Sweden!was!a!hub!for!intellectuals!and! diplomats,!such!as!the!chancellor,!who!were!interested!in!cultivating!a!collection!of! works!from!around!the!European!continent. 8 !Once!their!working!relationship!was! cemented,!Oxensterina!requested!Le!Blon!to!purchase!different!works!of!art!and! books!for!him.!This!required!Le!Blon!to!use!his!extensive!connections!in!the!art! world!of!the!Netherlands!to!obtain!these!works!for!the!Swedish!elite. 9 !Oxensterina! entrusted!this!job!to!Le!Blon!because!he!was!aware!of!his!extensive!artistic! knowledge.!Le!Blon!worked!with!another!agent,!Peter!Spierinck,!who,!like!Le!Blon,! was!an!art!collector!and!very!privy!to!the!art!world. 10 !He!continued!to!work!for!the! chancellor!for!several!more!years,!this!relationship!led!him!to!his!next!elite!patron,! Queen!Christina!of!Sweden.! Queen!Christina!was!aware!of!Le!Blon’s!services!for!quite!some!time!and! their!correspondence!began!in!1650,!when!she!enlisted!him!to!provide!her!with! Dutch!art. 11 !Christina!also!took!a!liking!to!Italian!art!as!well!as!the!Flemish!artists! and!Le!Blon!made!a!very!large!commission!for!her!from!the!artist!Jordaens!for! ceiling!paintings!in!the!royal!palace.!Le!Blon!enjoyed!the!status!this!position!gave! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 !Han!Ferdinand!Helmolt,!The#World’s#History:#Western#Europe#to#1800.!(Roma:! Rarebooksclub.com,!2012),!573.! 7 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!164.! 8 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!167.! 9 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!168.! 10 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!167;169.! 11 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!168.! ! ! 4! him!a!great!deal.!The!title!‘Agent!of!Sweden’!granted!him!certain!privileges!within! society.
12 ! For!Michel!Le!Blon,!his!role!as!an!art!dealer!was!woven!into!his!career!as!an! agent!who!relayed!occasionally!confidential!information!to!the!crown!of!Sweden. 13 ! This!part!of!the!occupation!was!obviously!not!included!in!every!Dutch!art!dealer’s! job!description!in!the!sixteenth!century.!However,!the!world!of!art!dealing!gained! enormous!recognition!beginning!in!the!1630’s!and!1640’s,!precisely!when!Le!Blon’s! communication!with!the!chancellor!commenced. 14 !This!rise!in!art!dealing!as!a! profession!began!with!the!emergence!of!wealthy!patrons!who!had!very!specific! taste.!Sometimes!the!patron!was!not!able!to!travel!to!the!city!where!the!art!was! produced!and!dealers!would!provide!that!service!for!them,!just!as!Le!Blon!did!for!his! Swedish!customers. 15 !Dealers!would!benefit!a!great!deal!from!this!service!they! provided!because!the!artists!most!of!the!times!preferred!to!deal!directly!with!them! in!order!to!make!an!appearance!on!the!market.!As!the!intercessors!between!the! artists!and!the!providers!of!the!raw!materials,!as!well!as!the!market,!dealers!had!a! great!deal!of!power!in!their!positions. 16 !!
illustrated!by!Montias!in!his!article,!“Art!Dealers!in!The!Seventeenth!Century! Netherlands”.!Montias!presents!information!from!a!variety!of!dealers!in!cities!such! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!167.! 13 !Badeloch!Vera!Noldus,!“A!Spider!In!Its!Web,”!170.! 14 !John!Michael!Montias,!“Art!Dealers!in!The!Seventeenth!Century!Netherlands,”! Simiolus,#Netherlands#Quarterly#For#the#History#of#Art!18.4!(1988):!245.!doi:! 10.2307/3780702! 15 !Montias,!“Art!Dealers,”!245.! 16 !Montias,!“Art!Dealers,”!246;248.!! ! ! 5! as!Rotterdam,!Amsterdam!and!Haarlem!and!shows!the!number!of!paintings!to!be! anywhere!from!100!to!upwards!of!a!thousand!paintings!in!their!inventory. 17 !!The!
sheer!number!of!paintings!was!sure!to!put!these!dealers!in!the!upper!echelon!of!the! art!world.!! ! Le!Blon!is!a!prime!example!of!a!prevalent!collector,!dealer!and!artist!who! would!have!been!extremely!familiar!with!the!work!of!Abraham!Bosse.!Bosse!was!an! active!printmaker!and!etcher!from!1622!to!the!late!1660’s.!!This!time!period! coincides!precisely!with!Le!Blon’s!career,!especially!the!prime!being!when!Bosse! created!La#Fortune#de#la#France,!dedicated!to!Le!Blon!himself.!Le!Blon!was!active!in! the!very!same!circles!as!Bosse,!with!comprehensive!knowledge!of!his!works!and!his! contemporaries!such!as!Charles!Le!Brun.!Although!Le!Blon!was!working!in!the! Dutch!arena,!he!was!nonetheless!a!cultivated!intellectual!aware!of!the!world!around! him.!The!subject!matter!of!La#Fortune#de#la#France!would!have!appealed!to!Le!Blon! because!he!was!invested!in!the!Dutch!world,!which!was!also!in!conflict!with!the! Spanish!as!the!French!were. 18 !The!depiction!of!the!Spanish!not!faring!well!would! have!excited!any!Dutchman,!especially!Le!Blon.!Also,!the!allegorical!figure!and! symbols!would!have!been!well!known!to!Michel,!through!his!love!and!familiarity! with!art.! ! By!demystifying!the!vague!Latin!inscription!at!the!bottom!of!Abraham! Bosse’s!etching!La#Fortune#de#la#France,!it!is!possible!to!understand!how!it!came!to! be!dedicated!to!Michel!Le!Blon,!and!who!this!seemingly!unknown!man!really!was.!Le! Blon’s!career,!initially!as!an!artist,!then!as!an!art!dealer!for!Swedish!royalty,!follows! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17 !Table!2.!Montias,!“Art!Dealers,”!254.!! 18 !Hans!Ferdinand!Helmolt,!The#World’s#History,!573.! ! ! 6! the!pattern!of!many!art!dealers!in!the!Netherlands!during!the!17 th !century.!He! gained!prominence!through!networking!with!Amsterdam’s!finest!intellectuals!and! artists!and!eventually!made!so!many!connections!he!found!himself!employed!by!the! Swedish!chancellor,!Oxensterina!and!then!Queen!Christina!of!Sweden.!This!coveted! position,!along!with!the!nature!of!the!work!of!an!art!dealer,!allowed!him!to!have! access!to!a!wide!variety!of!artist!and!pieces.!This!is!most!definitely!the!way!in!which! he!came!in!contact!with!Bosse,!and!had!this!etching!dedicated!to!him.!! ! !
! ! Bibliography! ! ! Goldstein,!Carl.!"Two!Drawings!by!Abraham!Bosse."!Master#Drawings!(Master! Drawings!Association)!10,!no.!1!(Spring!1972):!23;25,!65;66.! ! ! Helmolt,!Hans!Ferdinand.!The#World's#History:#Western#Europe#to#1800.!Roma:! Rarebooksclub.com,!2012.! ! !
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Marika!Keblusek,!161;192.!BRILL,!2011.! ! !
Bosse."!Translated!by!Birdy!MacLennan.!1635.! ! ! Reed,!Sue!Welsh.!"Abraham!Bosse:!Savant!Graveur!by!Sophie!Join;Lambert;!Maxime! Préaud!."!Print#Quaterly!(Print!Quaterly!Publications)!22,!no.!2!(June!2005):! 215;218.! ! ! The!Metropolitan!Museum!of!Art.!Fortune#Favoring#France#(La#Fortune#de#la#France).! 2000;2014.!http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search;the! collections/387614?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20140319&ao=on&ft=*&who=! braham+Bosse%7cMichiel+Le+Blon&pos=1!(accessed!3!15,!2014).! ! !
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