The engraving is the mirror image of the central motif in a print by Cornelis II Visscher, depicting a Roma woman breastfeeding her child. Visscher's print is usually titled 'heathen' or 'gypsy woman', a contemporary name for Roma.
| Artist |
Jacob Ernst Marcus
RKD
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|---|---|
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Cornelis II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Young Woman with Child at Breast |
| Date | 1794 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription outside the depiction, centre below: I. E. Marcus naar de Prent van C. de Visser 1734 |
| inscription reverse, bottom centre to the left: 135 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-KX |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KX |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11531/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D1121 tot, toddler ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 42A30 motherhood Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 46A81(GIPSIES) wandering communities: gipsies Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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