Le Bon Exemple

This engraving by Johann Kaspar Heilmann depicts a young woman at her toilette, engaged in needlework—a subject drawn from the tradition of allegorical moral instruction prints. The composition employs spatial depth and domestic detail typical of 18th-century instructional imagery. The title, "The Good Example," suggests the figure embodies feminine virtue through industrious leisure. Such prints circulated widely in European popular culture, establishing visual conventions for depicting idealized character types that would later influence early narrative illustration.