Rare Copper Engraving of Female with Five Breasts Lactating onto Others, 1686
€ 850
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1686
Sheet size
40 × 23.7 cm (15.7 × 9.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
PCT-58705
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Given age. Paper slightly browned. Diagonal crease lower left. A few spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Antique print titled 'Painting'.
Rare antique print showing painters and various figures including: a female figure holding palette and brushes in center, with another female figure holding a painting before her; beside her to the left, male figure holding compass, with sketches and geometrical instruments on ground beside him; center right, three female figures, with mirror, triangle, and trumpet; center left, busts of female and male heads; upper left, eagle with wreath in its mouth, above which, Pan with pipes, and a female with five breasts lactating onto the male and female painters below; upper right, Zeus with thunderbolt, Hercules with club and lion pelt, and Minerva with snake; coat of arms in lower margin. This print originates from 'The Gentlemans Recreation'.
Artists and Engravers: Published by Richard Blome. Richard Blome was among the most active publishers of cartographic and illustrated books in late 17th-century London . He was the first publisher in England for 40 years to prepare a new folio world atlas, the first in over 60 years to publish a new set of folio county maps, the first to seriously plan an illustrated description of London, and the first to plan a series of volumes related to the various world continents. In the 1680s, Blome issued some illustrated books, including The Gentleman's Recreation, The History of The Old Testament and a three-volume translation of the works of French philosopher Rene Descartes.
