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Engraving of a seated woman holding a mirror and brushes, with a monkey at her feet beside a panel, in an oval frame labeled Imitation.

Imitation: Emblem 159 from Ripa's Iconologia

An engraved oval emblem numbered 159 and titled Imitation. A seated female figure, seen from behind and partly turned, holds a mirror in one raised hand and a small bundle of brushes or pencils in the other. A monkey crouches at her feet beside a tilted panel, with a tree and distant landscape behind.

Artist
Cesare Ripa
Date
1709
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3151 × 4000 px
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