Adversity makes us long for heaven, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679, Page from a book (p. 72) with text and a printer's vignette on the verso. In an oval cartouche the interior of a room with a mother in a chair trying to suckle her child. The child, however, refuses to eat. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quotation from the Bible (Psalm 72:25, now Psalm 73:25). Below the print a caption: 'Speent uwen appetijt, Daer ghy door schade suffer.' and a description explaining the print. Children must learn that they cannot be permanently breastfed. Analogously, humans must learn that earthly life is not only prosperous., print maker: Gaspar Bouttats, (mentioned on object), F. Franciscus Lijftocht, publisher: Arnold van den Eynden, print maker: Antwerp, Diest, publisher: Utrecht, 1679, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 143 mm × w 87 mm, h 62 mm × w 86 mm
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