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Uncolored engraving on thick laid paper, showing a nude figure dancing in the sea, holding a swathe of cloth forming a circle, with cherubs nearby. With an elaborate border that includes nude female figures and two chimeras with human upper bodies and the tails of sea serpents. Whale-like creature at bottom left; horse at bottom right. Printed in lower margin, "le Potre fecit cum privil."


whales
1640-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Pautre, Jean le; Blond, Jean le, I
ink; laid paper
9 in x 11 1/2 in
France