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Engraving of a winged woman in an oval frame labelled Curiosity, standing before a hilly landscape with a tower and clouds.

Curiosity: emblem plate from Ripa's Iconologia

An engraved emblem plate in an oval frame, numbered 80 and labelled "Curiosity", shows a winged female figure standing before a hilly landscape with a distant tower and cloud. She raises one open hand while a large wing rises behind her, and a small creature sits near her draped feet.

Artist
Cesare Ripa
Date
1709
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3204 × 4000 px
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