Native American Woman and Baby (1590), Theodor deBry , 1528-1598

[littlemissmartypants]

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/debry/id/37

This double portrait depicts a woman carrying a baby on her back. They are standing in front of a coastal scene in which several canoes are visible.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/debry/

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/debry

[Xipe Totec]

1. By the physiognomy, I would say the painter has never seen a native American

and is going by verbal accounts.

[aquart]

3. Yep. You called it.

Theodorus de Bry (1528 – 27 March 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith and editor who traveled around Europe, starting from the city of Liège in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (where he was born and grew up), then to Strasbourg, Antwerp, London and Frankfurt, where he settled.

Theodorus de Bry created a large number of engraved illustrations for his books. Most of his books were based on first-hand observations by explorers, even if De Bry himself, acting as a recorder of information, never visited the Americas. To modern eyes, many of the illustrations seem formal but detailed.Theodorus de Bry (1528 – 27 March 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith and editor who traveled around Europe, starting from the city of Liège in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (where he was born and grew up), then to Strasbourg, Antwerp, London and Frankfurt, where he settled.

Theodorus de Bry created a large number of engraved illustrations for his books. Most of his books were based on first-hand observations by explorers, even if De Bry himself, acting as a recorder of information, never visited the Americas. To modern eyes, many of the illustrations seem formal but detailed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_de_Bry

[aquart]

2. Holy fucking shit.

Fringed woven cloth and blondes. 1590?

Very pale, bare-breasted women who might reasonably be expected to have heavy tans.

Anyone care to explain wtf this is?

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Men drawing women they have never seen. . .

History.

Happy Women's History Month.

Love, Peace and Shelter. lmsp

[aquart]

5. Eh. He was trying.

Actually, it's fascinating the way and how much he got wrong.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. I do think it is beautiful. eom