Academy of Painting

View of a courtyard with three groups of artists representing imitation, observation and perfection. The artists appear before scholars. Far left stands the personification of theory. Far right stands the personification of practice with a monkey, symbol for imitation. She reaches blindly away from the representation. Between the figures stand various sculptures. Bottom left and right papers with text. Center top two putti carrying a medallion with text: 'intelligenza et uzo'.