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Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
- Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612.
- Date
- [1563?]
- Reference
- 26283i
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About this work
Description
The baby in the bottom-right hand corner moves in a walking frame, holding a small mannequin. One baby holds a toy and is being helped to walk, another is being fed, and two others cry. Animals graze peacefully in the background
Publication/Creation
[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, [1563?]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18.4 x 24.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Ingeritur mansum, incessum docet illa, loquelæ/ Os homini hæc format naturæ ut sponte nihil quá/ Fleresciat, sine doctrina, cum cætera cuncta/ Mox penna utantur, cursu, liquidoqúe natatu ...
Lettering note
Lettering repeated in Dutch and French; the latter reads: "Le beste court, le poisson nage & vlotte/ Et l'oyseau scait sans quelque ayde voler:/ Mais rien propre à l'homme est que le pleurer/ Car sans l'apprendre il ne mange ou ne trotte"
Bears number: 2
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26283i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores