Couple Wearing the Latest French Fashion, Jean Picart, after Jean de Saint-Igny, 1628

Couple Wearing the Latest French Fashion, Jean Picart, after Jean de Saint-Igny, 1628

engraving, h 167mm × w 121mm More details

The gentleman in this print offers the lady a ring set with diamonds. The poem below the print makes it clear that it is not an engagement ring and a promise of everlasting fidelity: the sumptuously attired couple are negotiating an assignation for a day or a night. The lady does not seem entirely convinced.