Allegorical representation with truth and lie, 1624 print To the left of the title is a half -naked woman with a book, crown and palm branch in hand, she personifies the unambiguous truth (Veritas Univoca). On the other side is a woman with a mask and chameleon, as a personification of the ambiguous lie (Mendacium Aequivocum). At the top a crowned coat of arms between a lion and a unicorn. At the bottom a cartouche with one hand this takes a fishnet out of the water, with the motto piscatoris rete habet ranas. paper engraving Truth; 'TRAPE (RIPA). Light; 'Lie' (Ripa)

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