Symbolic female figure: Pictura; Pictura stands on a square plinth on the left leg and with the bent right slightly to the side. In the left hand she carries a paint pot; in the right a brush for the chest. A veil falls over the back. She wears a long shirt that leaves the left shoulder and chest uncovered; and a cloak wrapped around it; 'Pictura'; symbolic representations; allegories and emblems; painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa); Louis Royer; Netherlands; c. 1803 - c. 1868; terracotta (clay material); h 31 cm x w 12 cm x d 8 cm