Author: Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632) after Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] The little milkmaid, R. Sadeler, published 1601, 1 p.
Description: After a composition by Jacopo Bassano a young milkmaid is giving out milk to a child and an older lady. Sheeps and a dog on the left. In the background a landscape.Underneath six lines of Latin text: 'Multiplicem... caue.' One line :'PER HONESTI VIRI CAROLI HALEMANNI CIVIS ANDOCERPIANI LIBERALITATE, TABVLAM IACOB. BASSANI ARTE ET MANV DEPICTAM, RAPH. SADELER EXCVLPSIT.'Within picture on the bottom: 'Cum privil Summi Pontif. et S. Caes. Mai R. Sadeler excud 1601.' Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 228 x 296 mm; some dirt and some repaired margins along the margins; only state; Hollstein 215, W 109.

Keywords: Animals|Children|Early printings|Farmers|Genre|Landscapes|Old Master Prints|Women