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Engraving of a rough-clad man beside a beehive basket, labeled Artifice, next to a draped woman holding grapes, labeled Art.

Artifice and Art, emblems from Ripa's Iconologia

Two oval engravings from a book of allegorical emblems, numbered 27 for Artifice and 28 for Art. The left figure, a man in rough dress, reaches toward a beehive-shaped basket beside a small bench, while the right shows a draped woman holding a rod and a branch of grapes against a distant landscape.

Artist
Cesare Ripa
Date
1709
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2395 px
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