Plate 6 from the series Sept oeuvres de la miséricorde, 1640–1642
Original etching and burin engraving
258 × 315 mm, narrow margins on three sides and trimmed within the platemark on the right
Fine impression of the first state (of 2), bearing Le Blond’s address and before the alterations to the hostess’s costume, annotated in the lower margin 4 / 54, small tear near
the lower right-hand corner. On the reverse, small stains
Watermark: Coats of arms of France and Navarre and fragment of a countermark
Reference: Lothe 27 i/ii, Join-Lambert and Préaud 184 i/ii