Rare-Antique Master Print-NUDE-MAN-WOMAN-DIFFICULTY-HEALING-de Montenay-1567

(A difficult issue.) A man trying to stop the bledding from a wound.

Made by Georgette de Montenay after own design.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 10.1 x 9.2 cm (3.98 x 3.62 inch). Image size: 9.8 x 8.9 cm. (3.86 x 3.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Tiny tear in left margin. Remains aof paper on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NUDE-MAN-WOMAN-DIFFICULTY-HEALING | PCO-C21-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From ‘Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes’, by the French author Georgette de Montenay (1540-1581) published in Lyon between 1567 and 1571. Montenay has always been regarded as a lady-in-waiting to Jeanne d’Albret, the Protestant Queen of Navarre, partly because she dedicated her work to the Queen. An intriguing aspect of Montenay’s Calvinist life is that she was married in 1562 to Guyon de Gout, a devout Catholic.