Scene in a gynaeceum, women's quarters, Ancient Greece

Scene in a gynaeceum, women's quarters, Ancient Greece. One woman teaching her children, another playing with a baby, others embroidering, reading and spinning. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Alessandro Sanquirico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Alessandro Embroidering Ferrario Giulio Gynaeceum Quarters Sanquirico Sasso Spinning

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