Landscape with the emblem about washing a Moor, Emblems in a landscape (series title), Rocky river landscape with classical Roman ruins. On the right on the roof terrace of a building, three white boys attempt to wash away the black complexion of a Moor. This is the depiction of an emblem with the message of the impossibility of some undertakings. The print has a Latin caption with the caption of the emblem Impossibile by Andrea Alciati. print maker: Johannes Sadeler (II), (mentioned on object), after design by: Hendrick van Cleve, (rejected attribution), Andrea Alciato, (mentioned on object), Italy, 1595 - 1600, paper, engraving, height 216 mm x width 269 mm.