Shamelessness, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print A woman is sitting with bare upper body wide -legged on a throne with a monkey on her lap. The monkey is the emblem of lust, because Hiij shows his bottom to everyone. Under the show two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album. print maker: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving Indecency, Impudence; 'Sfacciatigine' (Ripa). monkeys, apes

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