Original hand-colored copper plate engraving by Frederick Hendrik Van Hove titled "The Painting" from Richard Blome's "The Gentleman's Recreation" printed in London, 1686. Depicts a female figure holding palette and brushes in center, with another female figure holding a painting before her; beside her to the left, male figure holding compass, with sketches and geometrical instruments on ground beside him; center right, three female figures, with mirror, triangle, and trumpet; center left, busts of female and male heads; upper left, eagle with wreath in its mouth, above which, Pan with pipes, and a female with five breasts lactating onto the male and female painters below; upper right, Zeus with thunderbolt, Hercules with club and lion pelt, and Minerva with snake; coat of arms in lower margin. Sheet size: 14-1/2 x 9 inches. Consistent with age, printed on laid (chain) paper with visible and tactile plate lines.