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Wolfgang Richter
DimensionsSheet: 12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (31.1 × 21 cm)
Plate: 5 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (14.6 × 17.9 cm)
Accession Number 2023.52
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsVIII. DE Brachmanis siue Sacerdotibus Indorum, item de mercatoribus eorundem. (u,c print) hmani omnium nobilissimi & præcipui sunt inter Indos ethnicos, Sacerdotes plærig, omnes, pportione corporū & physionomia Europæis simillimi, colore giluo, corpore nudi, nisi cum for as progressi togā simplicem bombycinam sibi circundāt, capillos obuelātes panniculo ab altero humero ad alterius lateris lumbos triplicem chordam per pectus habent, haud absimili modo, quo signa militaria ferre moris est. Domi mulieres nudæ omnino sunt, at for as progressæ desuper à capite telam laxam suspendunt, quæ & corpus integat, & partim per humeros reiectarecurrat: qui habitus est mulieribus Indis familiarissimus. Similiter in hac figura ob oculos ponitur delineatio Benianum & Guffaratum ex Cambaia negociantur ÿ præ aliis in gemmis & margaritis, ingeniosi & acuti, colore Brachmanis similes, paulo magis candicantes pariter etiam cum Brachmanis toga alba amiciti sunt, quæ per latera in nodum colligitur succincta: quin calceos etiā ad pedum digitos sursum reflexos habent, nec quicquam in cibum assumunt quod animam in sanguine habuerit, eadem cum Brachmanis consuetudine. Tertio loco in figura appictos vides Canaras & Decanyns mercaturam ut plurimū in Goa exercentes. Habitant terram Decan siue Ballagatte. Artifices præstantes sunt in auro & argento. Idem ipsis habitus est cum Brachmamis & Benianibus, nisi quod calceis antiquitatem referentibus induantur. Barbas etiam secus quam Brachmani promissas, quantum fert natura, alunt. Cibos quo scung, familiares in esu habēt, præter carnes suillas, bouinas, & vaccinas, quod ea animalia pro sacro sanctis habeant. (l,c print) C DE (l,r print) 1599 $295.00 (l,r graphite)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
De Brachmanis siue Sacerdotibus Indorum, item de mercatoribus eorundem (Of the Brahmins or priests of the Indians, likewise of the merchants of the same), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Idolum Indorum Pagodes, & Templa Mahumetanorum (Pagodas of the Indian Idols, & Temples of the Mohammedans), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Argumentum III. Edicti Regii, de quo cap.3.fecundi libri agitur, executio. (Argument III. The execution of the Royal Edict, of which chapter 3 of the fruitful book is discussed.), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 1, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1598
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
De Chinensium conuiuiis, & quomodo ægrotos consolentur (Of the marriages of the Chinese, and how the sick are consoled), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Batavorum primus ad Gabam Flumen appulfus (The Dutch were the first to land on the river Gabam), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Status Officiatorum Lusitanorum in India (Status of Portuguese Officers in India), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Descriptio Insulæ Maduræ, et Qvid Hollandis Ibi acciderit (A description of the island of Madurae, and what happened to the Dutch there), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 5, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1601
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Repræsentatio Virorum Quorundam in Auriefero Guineæ littore habitantium (Representation of Certain Men Inhabiting the Golden Coast of Guinea), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 6, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1604
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Horrendæ et Inusitatæ Vatitatis Ursus Sociorum nostrorum duos dilaniat (A Bear of Horrible and Unusual Desolation may tear two of our Companions to pieces), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 3, Part 3 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1601
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
XVI. Delineatio Solennitatis, Qua Nobiles Creari Solent. (Delineation of how a Nobleman is made), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 1, Part 6 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1604
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio (The navigation of the French to the river Maij), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ferinæ, piscium, & reliquæ annonæ illatio (Bringing game, fish, and the rest of the market), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gallilocum condendaearciaptum deligunt (They choose Gallicus to be buried), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591