Blackwork Ornament with Two Sawing Men in a Sketchbook with 131 Prints, Jean Toutin, 1619
engraving, h 106mm × w 78mm More details
This sketchbook contains 131 biblical scenes and ornament prints, including this imaginative, amusing example by the Parisian enamellist Jean Toutin. The collection was probably assembled in France by a Dutch youngster. In childlike handwriting the owner noted that he or she composed the booklet commemorating the fact ‘that I came to live here on 24 January 1633.
