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The Country Meal (from Robert Stapylton, Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs, by Juvenal, 1660)

1659
Not on view
Dining scene in a classical building, with two men reclining opposite each other at a horse-shoe-shaped table, on which lie various dishes; two boys bringing baskets and a plate full of fruits; two boys singing at right, beside a table on which lie goblets, ewer and bottles; formal garden seen through the window in background; illusttrates Robert Stapylton, "Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs," by Juvenal.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Country Meal (from Robert Stapylton, Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs, by Juvenal, 1660)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Francis Barlow (British, Lincolnshire ca. 1626–1704 London)
  • Author: Associated with Robert Stapylton (British, active 1669)
  • Subject: Decimus Junius Juvenal (Aquinum 55/60?–?127/140)
  • Date: 1659
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Plate: 11 1/4 × 7 13/16 in. (28.5 × 19.9 cm)
    Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (30.2 × 21.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.1.47
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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