An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.

Previous title, replaced July 2023 : An artist is painting the portrait of a cloven-footed nobleman; episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching.

The man (Devil) is pointing with his left forefinger to his cloven foot and is also portrayed by the artist as doing so. Other paintings in the artist's studio show a fight between nude men and a landscape with a tree

The artist dreams that he is painting a man who is revealed as the devil. The devil gives him to understand that the painter is being deceived by his wife, but in reality he is not, as the painter discovers when he awakes

[London] : [John Ogilby], [1673]

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 26.7 x 19.2 cm

Fab: 30:

Wellcome Collection 39651i