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Pictura (Painting)
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Pictura (Painting)

Cornelis Galle (I) · after 1610 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Pictura, the personification of painting, grinds pigments in her studio. On an easel stands a painting. On the ground sit two putti making a drawing of her. Below the image a French verse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
print'Pittura' (Ripa)
Credit linePictura (de Schilderkunst). after 1610. Cornelis Galle (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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