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Woodcut of a young man playing a lute beside a music stand, with a goat at his feet, framed by ornamental borders on a printed book page.

Iconologia, overo descrittione d'imagini delle virtù, vitij, affetti, passioni humane, corpi celesti, mondo e sue parti / Opera de Cesare Ripa ... Fatica necessaria ad oratori ... scultori, pittori ... per figurare con i suoi proprij simboli tutto quello, che può cadere in pensiero humano. Di nouo in quest' vltima editione corretta diligentemente, & accresciuta di sessanta e più figure poste a luoghi loro: aggionteui copiosissime tauole per solleuamento del lettore.

A woodcut plate from Cesare Ripa's Iconologia, page 86, captioned Sanguigno per l'aria. A young man in a loose tunic and cap plays a lute beside a sheet-music stand, while a goat grazes at his feet within ornamental borders.

Artist
Cesare Ripa
Date
1611 [col. 1610]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3958 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1611.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Personificación de la sanguínea, lámina de la Iconologia de Ripa (1611)

Grabado en madera de la Iconologia de Cesare Ripa, página 86, con la leyenda Sanguigno per l'aria. Un joven con túnica holgada y gorra toca el laúd junto a un atril con partitura, mientras una cabra pasta a sus pies, todo enmarcado por bordes ornamentales.

Português: Personificação do sanguíneo, prancha da Iconologia de Ripa (1611)

Xilogravura da Iconologia de Cesare Ripa, página 86, com a legenda Sanguigno per l'aria. Um jovem de túnica folgada e boné toca alaúde ao lado de uma estante com partitura, enquanto uma cabra pastam aos seus pés, tudo emoldurado por bordas ornamentais.

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