Be interesting to find out how much my wild-ass guesses correspond with reality.
Comment on "Making of eunuch" painting on opening page
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Comment on "Making of eunuch" painting on opening page
Or rather, a request for date and painter's name. 15th/16th century would be my guess. Flemish?
Be interesting to find out how much my wild-ass guesses correspond with reality.

Be interesting to find out how much my wild-ass guesses correspond with reality.
Re: Comment on "Making of eunuch" painting on opening page
From the book credit:
Castration. Book illustration, from Practica Copiosa by Caspar Stromayr 1559

Castration. Book illustration, from Practica Copiosa by Caspar Stromayr 1559