Aura tries to seduce Harlequin, Mimicarum aliquot facetiarum icones ad habitum Italicum expressi (series title), A richly dressed woman (Aura) and Harlequin (a character from the Commedia dell'arte), accompanied by a man holding a cat. According to the four-line poem in the margin (in French and German), Aura asks Harlequin to take the cat (symbol of the female genitalia), while she chooses the spit (symbol of the male genitalia)., print, print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), after design by: Jacques Bellange, unknown, 1574 - 1637, paper, engraving, etching, height, 114 mm × width, 137 mm

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