Allegorical performance with fame at a memorial column, Bernard Picart, 1721 print Faam points to a memorial column on which an inscription in Latin and a performance by Apollo and Marsyas. In the foreground swans and attributes of the free arts. In the margin a four -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo. the liberal arts represented otherwise, by emblems, symbols. needle, obelisk (marking grave). swans (domestic waterbirds)

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Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
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