Plate 1: the genius of drawing, a child with wings, seated on a rock in center turned towards the right, holding a drawing pad and pen, ruins including a triumphal arch to right in the background, title page from "The Principles of Design" (I principii del disegno)

Stefano della Bella · ca. 1641

Plate 1: the genius of drawing, a child with wings, seated on a rock in center turned towards the right, holding a drawing pad and pen, ruins including a triumphal arch to right in the background, title page from "The Principles of Design" (I principii del disegno)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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