Two Women Sewing, Plate 1 from "Five Feminine Occupations"
ca. 1640–57
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.2 x 16.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 5/16 in. (29.2 x 21.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.550.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Two Women Sewing, Plate 1 from *Five Feminine Occupations*** Created around 1640–57 by Dutch engraver Geertruydt Roghman, with publication by Covens et Mortier, this intimate engraving captures two women absorbed in sewing, the first in a series celebrating everyday feminine labor. Roghman, a talented artist from a prominent family of printmakers during the Dutch Golden Age, specialized in detailed genre scenes that elevated ordinary domestic life to art. Here, the women's focused expressions and simple attire reflect the era's emphasis on industriousness and virtue in the home. Engraving...