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Allegory on the Observation
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A bespectacled artist paints a naked woman outdoors. The model sits on her knees on the ground and looks at herself in a mirror held up by a putto. Behind the easel an artist looking at a urinal and two men with an astrolabe and compass on a globe. On the right in the foreground various measuring instruments and in the background an armillary sphere. In the front a cat and in the back right an eagle. Below the subject the Latin translation of: I know from experience that this displeases and pleases the viewer.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op de waarneming. 1595 - 1600. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
