![La Chaudeau porté aux mariés [Eggnog Carried to the Newlyweds], plate 3 from Le mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the Country]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14252/preview)
![La Chaudeau porté aux mariés [Eggnog Carried to the Newlyweds], plate 3 from Le mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the Country]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14252/full)
La Chaudeau porté aux mariés [Eggnog Carried to the Newlyweds], plate 3 from Le mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the Country]
Primary
Abraham Bosse
(Tours, France, 1602–Paris, France, 1676)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1633
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.381
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.381
On View
Not on viewChaudeau was a drink made of egg, sugar and wine believed to be an aphrodisiac. It was served during the bedding ritual.
Exhibitions
![L'Accouchement [Delivery], plate 3 from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14976/thumbnail)
![La Visite à l'accouchée [The Bedside Visit], plate 5 from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14987/thumbnail)
![La Visite de la nourrice [The Wet Nurse's Visit], plate 6, from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14988/thumbnail)
![La Mariée reconduite chez elle [The Bride Taken Back Home], plate 2, from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14964/thumbnail)
![Le Retour du baptême [The Baptism], plate 4 from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14986/thumbnail)
![Le Contrat [The Contract], plate 1, from Le Mariage à la ville [The Marriage in the City]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14963/thumbnail)
![Les Présents offerts à la mariée [Presents Offered to the Bride], plate 1 from Le Mariage à la campagne [The Marriage in the Country]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14989/thumbnail)
![A Gentleman Seen from Behind, Ascending a Few Steps, from La Noblesse française à l'église [The French Nobility at Church], after Jean de Saint-Igny](/internal/media/dispatcher/68/thumbnail)
![A Gentleman Kneeling in Prayer, from La Noblesse française à l'église [The French Nobility at Church]](/internal/media/dispatcher/66/thumbnail)
![A Gentlewoman Kneeling in Prayer, from La Noblesse française à l'église [The French Nobility at Church], after Jean de Saint-Igny](/internal/media/dispatcher/67/thumbnail)
![A Gentlewoman in a Widow's Costume, from La Noblesse française à l'église [The French Nobility at Church], after Jean de Saint-Igny](/internal/media/dispatcher/69/thumbnail)
![Gentleman Seen from Behind Mounting a Step, from Le Jardin de la noblesse françoise [The Garden of the French Nobility], after Jean de Saint-Igny](/internal/media/dispatcher/64/thumbnail)