The Milkmaid, 1510, Engraving, Sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (11.4 x 15.5 cm), Prints, Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden), In a print that has been described as the earliest Dutch image of a milkmaid, a buxom lass and a strapping lad seem keenly aware of each other. The cowherd's (and the viewer's) focus on the farmgirl would have brought to mind the slang word melken (to milk), meaning to attract or lure
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Milkmaid, 1510, Engraving, Sheet, 4 1/2 x 6 1/8, 11.4 15.5 cm, Prints, Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, Leiden ca., 1494–1533, Leiden, print, described, earliest Dutch image, milkmaid, buxom lass, strapping lad, keenly aware, cowherd, viewer, focus, farmgirl, mind, slang word, melken, milk, meaning, attract, lure
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