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Street Seller of Pious Prints and Rosaries
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (mentioned on object), 1660
This Italian print seller illustrates the ambivalent way women were perceived at the time. With his left hand, he holds up a print of the Virgin Mary, while the print in his right hand features fighting swordsmen, with a Latin text underneath referring to the biblical Eve. She is said to have brought evil into the world by eating an apple, with Adam, from the Tree of Wisdom in Paradise.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-2015-26-650
- Dimensionsheight 280 mm x width 191 mm
- Physical characteristicsets