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Landscape with the emblem over the washing of a Moor
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Landscape with the emblem over the washing of a Moor

Johannes Sadeler (II) · 1595 - 1600 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Rocky river landscape with classical Roman ruins. On the right on the roof terrace of a building three white boys try to wash the black skin color of a Moor. This is the representation of an emblem with the message the impossibility of certain undertakings. The print has a Latin inscription with the caption of the emblem Impossibile by Andrea Alciati.

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Credit lineLandschap met het embleem over het wassen van een Moor. 1595 - 1600. Johannes Sadeler (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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