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Two wet nurses, sketchbook page, Outside, two women with African features and short curly hair are standing facing each other. The woman on the left is wearing a wrap skirt (redda) and a Portuguese blouse with long sleeves (hatte), under which her breasts are visible. An object protrudes from the waist of her tucked-in wrap skirt, possibly a knife handle. The woman on the right is also wearing a wrap skirt (redda) but no upper clothing. They are probably wet nurses. Sheet 107 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662, draftsman (artist), South Asia, materials by function, paper, ink, brush, brush in gray, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, Africans, wet-nurse, skirt (with NAME), clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME), overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, Two standing figures drawn in pencil, each shown from head to feet against a plain background, both with short curly hair and bare feet. The figure on the left faces slightly toward the viewer with a loose long-sleeved garment pulled up to reveal the rounded abdomen and a draped skirt tied at the waist; one hand rests at the hip and the other hangs forward with visible fingers. The figure on the right stands in profile with the torso exposed above a wrapped cloth at the waist, the posture showing a rounded belly and an arm hanging alongside the body; both figures cast shaded areas on the ground and the drawing emphasizes fine tonal shading and crosshatching on the skin and clothing.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_428

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Keywords

Two wet nurses sketchbook page Outside two women African features short curly hair standing facing woman left wearing wrap skirt redda Portuguese blouse long sleeves hatte under breasts visible object protrudes waist tucked-in wrap skirt knife handle right also wearing no upper clothing wet nurses Sheet 107 sketchbook 117 sheets draftsman artist Esaias Boursse Sri Lanka 1662 South Asia materials function paper ink brush gray height 148 mm x width 196 mm Africans wet-nurse skirt Name clothing upper part body overseas history Colombo Period 1662 - 1670 Two standing figures drawn pencil shown head feet plain background bare feet figure faces slightly viewer loose long-sleeved garment pulled up reveal rounded abdomen draped skirt tied hand rests hip hangs forward visible fingers right stands profile torso exposed wrapped cloth posture showing rounded belly arm hanging alongside figures cast shaded areas ground drawing emphasizes fine tonal shading crosshatching skin clothing