A pregnant woman in bed another figure stands by the bed explaining something to her. Pen drawing after a woodcut by J. Berntsz, 1538.

1538

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 7.2 x 8.4 cm

Der vrouwen natuere ende complexie, en hoemen kenner sal. ... Lettering contiues: "Vrouwen dat van naturen vrolijck en blijde zijn en wat vrouwen dat van naturen swaer zig .... en noch meer ander dinge behorede totten vrouwen .... en meer ander sm. 4to, black letter, title in red and black, with cut of three women discoursing, surrounded by a border, and 60 large and very singular woodcuts, illustrating the objects treated of in the work, fine copy, in calf extra, the sides blind tooled, antique style, extremely rare, 3 pound 3s bi mi Jan Bernte, Utrecht, S.A. - circa 15--. This is a very curious volume on the secrets of generation, barreness, the danger of worshipping Venus too much, diet., etc., etc."

There are five pencil drawings of various classical motifs on the same mount as this pen drawing

Wellcome Collection 16865i

The original is in a book by J. Berntsz, Der vrouwen natuere ende complexie ..., 1538 and is currently in the British Library