Vijf voedsters, elk met een zuigeling, NG-1996-6-96, Esaias Boursse, 1662

Identification title(s): five wet nurses, each with an infant. Object type: sketchbook sheet object number: ng-1996-6-96. Description: a group of five women outdoors - one woman sits cross-legged on the ground, the others stand. They all wear a long wrap skirt (redda) and a headscarf. The seated woman and the middle woman also wear a portuguese blouse with v-neck and long sleeves (hatte). The upper bodies of the other three women are uncovered. The seated woman has a child on her lap that she is suckling with her left breast. The four standing women each carry a child on their left hip. Two children can be seen sucking on the left breast. The children are of different ages – from babies to toddlers – and are clearly not african. The drawing of the woman on the far left has not been developed. Sheet 96 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: esaias boursse. Place of manufacture: sri lanka. Dated: 1662. Physical features: brush in gray. Material: paper ink technique: brush. Dimensions: height 148 mm × width 196 mm. Subject: what: skirt (with name)clothing for the upper part of the body (with name)wet-nurse. When: 1662 - 1670. Where: sri lankacolombo. Acquisition: purchase nov 11, 1996. Date: 1662.