A young woman tending to a cut on her finger from which drops of blood fall. Line engraving by F. Basan, 17--, after N. Berchem (?).

  • Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683.
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[between 1700 and 1799]
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672374i
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A young woman tending to a cut on her finger from which drops of blood fall. Line engraving by F. Basan, 17--, after N. Berchem (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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She has a cushion on her lap, perhaps meaning that she was sewing, and has injured her hand with the sewing needle. She wears a fur stole, meaning that she is working in the cold

Publication/Creation

Paris (rüe St. Jacques) : chés Basan, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image and lettering 38.1 x 27.5 cm

Lettering

La piqeuere la moins dangereuse. ; N. Berghem P. ; F. Basan excudit.

References note

Karl-Heinrich von Heinecken, Dictionnaire des artistes, dont nous avons des estampes, avec une notice detaillée de leurs ouvrages gravés, Leipzig 1790, 514 ("N. Berghem. Par Fr Basan. La piqûre la moins dangereuse, piece en hauteur, gravée chez le même")
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome II, Paris 1933, p. 101, Pierre-François Basan no. 42 ("42. 'La piqueure la moins dangereuse'. C'est celle que fait une aiguille au doigt d'une femme qui coud. Sous le tr. c.: 'N Berghem p. — F. Basan excudit.'—Au bas: 'à Paris chés Basan rue St Jacques.' — H. 0m357 x L. 0m276. L'état décrit … Oeuvre de Basan, II, no. 25. Catalogue du fonds de H.-L. Basan, no. 153. Prix: 16 sols.")

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Wellcome Collection 672374i

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