Facial expressions : a visual reference for artists / Mark Simon.

The personification of the art of painting, supported by Cardinal Girolamo Buonvisi, arrives on a triumphal car at Mount Parnassus where she is greeted by the muses. Etching by P. Testa, ca. 1642.

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Facial expressions : a visual reference for artists / Mark Simon.

The personification of the art of painting, supported by Cardinal Girolamo Buonvisi, arrives on a triumphal car at Mount Parnassus where she is greeted by the muses. Etching by P. Testa, ca. 1642.