Northern Netherlands, Baudous, Robert de, The prayer before the meal, verso - stamped, In a living room a family sits at a set table, praying before the meal. The parents and the eldest daughter are sitting, the four younger children are standing. The smallest child is standing at the mother's lap. On the left a servant walks with a dish. On the right a doorway to the garden. A grapevine grows by the door, this symbol refers to the mother of the family as a fruitful vine (psalm 128). The children are compared to olive shoots (the plants are shown behind the children)., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 417 mm, width 625 mm, 1574 - 1659, print maker, printmaker, 1591 - 1659, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, schrijver