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This black and white engraving shows Pythagoras standing in the middle of a classroom with high walls and female students sitting all around him. The viewer sees over the backs of the students so that Pythagoras, facing the class, is also facing the viewer. He is holding up one finger as if in the middle of explaining something. The female students are very ornately dressed, including with elaborate jewellery. Some of them are very attentive to their teacher, others appear to be day-dreaming or talking amongst themselves.