Title

'Allegory of the Liberal Arts

Caption

'Allegory of the Liberal Arts: Logic and Grammar', early 15th century, (1943). A seated woman holds a snake in each hand, flanked by two bearded men holding books, (philosophers?). At lower right another woman holds her breast, while a young man, (a monk?) also holds a book. Drawing in the Ambrosian Library, Milan, Italy. From "Europäische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings), by Bernhard Degenhart. [Atlantis-Verlag Berlin, Zürich, 1943]
Stefano da Verona.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F20_487

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,1Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,5in x 19,0in / 4049 x 5706 (300dpi)

Keywords

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