A bespectacled artist paints a nude woman outdoors. The model is on her knees on the floor looking at herself in a mirror held up by a putto. Behind the easel a doctor looking at a urinal and a two men with astrolabe and compass on a globe. To the right in the foreground are various measuring instruments. In front a cat and in the back right an eagle. Below the representation is the Latin translation of: I know from experience that this does the beholder both harm and pleasure, Allegory of Perception, print maker: Jan Saenredam, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object

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