PCT-57142

Antique Print of Japanese beggar women by Montanus (1669)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. Small stains and creasing in the left margin. Faintly browned top margin. As this is a page from a book, there is text beneath the image and on the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1669
  • Overall size: 20.2 x 32.2 cm.
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.. Antique Print of Japanese beggar women by Montanus (1669)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Japansche Bedelaressen.' - ('Japanese beggar women'). A woman with her baby and two children stand beside the road with begging bowls. In the background an older homeless person is transported in a wicker basket on an ox, accompanied by family. Arnoldus Montanus' "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland aan de Kaisaren van Japan […]. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Arnoldus Montanus'.