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Wolfgang Richter
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (29.2 × 19.7 cm)
Plate: 5 3/4 × 7 in. (14.6 × 17.8 cm)
Accession Number 2023.65
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsXXXI. DE Chinensium conuiuiis, & quomodo aegrotos consolenteur. (u,c print) CHinenses tot mensas hospitib inuitatis maximo cum apparatuinsternunt, quot eorum vocati comparent. apponunt cōfectiones ex saccharo animaliū formas variasreferentes, & eduliaadmodū opipara, adhibent instrumentamufica, ludos scenicos & eiusmodi.siquis ex inuitatis nō cōparuerit, illinihilominus mensa pari cū apparatu sternitur, apposition cibis non coctis, quos deinde peracto cōuiuio adades illorum, quí à conuiuio abfuerunt, cum pompa deferunt. Si quis in hoc regno agrotus decūbit aut in extremis agit, illi statim affertur formidabilemōstrum, sinistra Solē, dextr a pugionem sustinens, minitansg decumbenti.dum pratenditur idolum, admonetur decumbens, vt fixis oculis in id intueatur, quo in altero mundo illud propitium experiatur. Credunt enim & ipsi anima immortalitatem. (l,c print) DE (l,r print) Cap. RS. Fol. 58. (l,r ink)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
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"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines