Caption
Domestic life of the Batavians, print, historical print, Domestic life of the Batavians. Inhabitants of a village sit outside in front of their huts, cooking, playing and talking with each other., printmaker: Harmanus Vinkeles, Netherlands, after drawing by Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1784, paper, etching, height 230 mm x width 155 mm, Illustration for: EM Engelberts, The Ancient State and Histories of the United Netherlands, Johannes Allart, Amsterdam 1784-1799, vol. I, p. 394. Stands before the letter ., extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME), Roman period in the Netherlands, Batavians, A grayscale engraving showing a landscape with a large cloud-filled sky above trees and thatched buildings, a rounded hut with a domed roof near the center and a larger thatched structure to the right with an arched doorway, groups of people scattered across the scene including bare-chested and partially clothed figures, children playing and walking, a woman seated holding a child, a cluster of children gathered near a fence or wooden posts, figures bathing or standing at the water’s edge on the left, a reclining figure in the foreground, two seated bearded men holding long clubs or staff-like objects, and textured ground with rocks and vegetation throughout.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A89_267
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