Author: Robert de Baudous (1574/75-1659/1665) after Jan van de Velde II (c. 1593-1641)
Title: [Antique title page, 1616] Vetusta Ruinae /Figuren bij manden met vruchten en groenten, published 1616, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to the set of fifteen plates with invented landscapes and ruins.The title of the series is on a curtain hanging on the wall in the background. Ten figures in the front with fruits and vegetables.On the left, is a rather licentious scene: the man standing and pointing at the title with a finger is having an erection that has attracted the attention of the young woman seated just beside him.The title reads: 'Vetustae Ruinae et Venustissimae aliquot Re:/ giones, ad oculorum oblectamentum, et Picturae adjumentum, á Ioanne Veldio de:/ lineatae, ác formis expressae et a Roberto / Baudous iam primum publicatae. / AMSTELODAMI / Anno MDCXVI.' and at the bottom: 'Joannes vanden Velde Fecit. Robb. de baudous excudit 1616'. Further numbered: '1'.[NL] Figuren bij manden met vruchten en groenten, onder een doek waarop de titel. Titelprent van een serie van zestien; Ruïnes in landschappen (series title). Etching on paper, trimmed close to plate; total: 138 x 210, state II/6; evenly yellowed paper, traces of previous mounting on the verso; beautiful etching; Hollstein 216, Fr. 255.

Keywords: Agriculture|Allegories|Book illustrations|Erotica|Farm|Farmers|Frontispiece|Genre|Landscapes|sexuality|Topography & Travel