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Signorelli, Luca (1441-1523)
(attributed to): Alberi Library, a cycle of monochrome frescoes where famous classical masters of different subjects are represented (law, medicine, astronomy, grammar). 1501-1503. Detail of the most famous and most curious drawing of the monkey with glasses that opens a book where the phrase "Legere et non intelligere est negligere" appears (Reading and not understanding is equivalent to not reading). A moral maxim of an anonymous author dated approximately around the third century and become very famous in schools, especially for students of Latin grammar. Grisaille fresco.
Location
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo/Orvieto/Italy
Unique Identifier
ART594022
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4928px × 7392px
Photo Credit
© Ghigo G. Roli / Art Resource, NY
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Book
Eyeglasses
Fresco
Grisaille
Monkey
Open (books, manuscripts, windows,etc.)
Painting, Medium
Reading