Emblematical miniature reflecting on the idea that on life's stage; everyone must don a mask and pretend to be the opposite of the person they really are. The two characters are portrayed sketching their opposite partner. The image plays upon the polysemy of the verb 鈥榯o counterfeit'; 鈥榯o imitate'; and also 鈥榯o draw'; and 鈥榯o reproduce'. From a love poem dedicated by pierre Sala to Marguerite Bouillard.c. 1500- c. 1505.From: Pierre Sala; Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour); (A collection of love poems and 鈥樏﹏igmes'.).Stowe 955; f. 9aLondon; British Library.