Allegory of Painting
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Allegory of Painting; a nude figure (Nature?) is represented painting a winged sphere (symbolising the motions of the world) at the right, leaning against a jar pouring water, a putto supporting the canvas, within a landscape with a deer hunt taking place behind. An inscription on the canvas reads: "Che mito o pittor al mio fatto. Io moto dipingo tu solo l'atto" (Admire, o painter, what I do; I paint movement, you only the action).
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Ingenuity: Ingenium, Ingenuity: Genius, Hunting, Painting, Putto, Nude, Sphere
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The British Museum