Discovery of Sculpture, Bernard Picart, 1727 print Debutades draws the contours of the shadow of her loved one on the wall. Her father Butades, a potter from Sicyon, discovers the art of sculpting. (A variant of the story of the discovery of drawing.) In the margin a two -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the daughter of Butades, Debutades, draws the silhouette of her lover on the wall, 'the origin of painting' (+ variant)

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