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Allegory of Perception
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Allegory of Perception

Jan Saenredam · 1595 - 1600 · engraving; paper

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

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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, a physician looking at a urinal and two men with an astrolabe and compass on a globe. On the right in the foreground lie various measuring instruments and in the background an armillary sphere. In front, a cat and in the right background an eagle. Below the scene, the Latin translation of: I know from experience that this gives the viewer both pain and pleasure.

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Credit lineAllegorie op de waarneming. 1595 - 1600. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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