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Anthropomorphic Landscape
Matthaus Merian, the Elder
early 17th century
Oil on panel, 31.8 x 41.3 cm
New York, Mrs. Alfred H Barr Jr. Collection
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| | | | An image within an image is always surprising, because it is not obvious at first glance. The ‘double image’ is an image that represents two different things at the same time, like the pictures of anthropomorphic landscapes painted by a family of painters in Switzerland, the Merians. Some of them are jokes, like the head of a man with a beard that is a landscape at the same time. |
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