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https://deibardiart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/240727_DEI-BARDI-34-1-scaled.jpg25602140The Allegory of Africa is a stunning oil painting on copper, inspired by Adriaen Collaert’s engravings of the Four Continents (Metropolitan Museum of Art), which were based on the original designs by Maarten de Vos. In the late 16th century, as interest in atlases and maps grew, so did the desire to visually represent new […]