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What type of allusion is used in this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne?

had there been a papist among the crowd of puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of divine maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent;

biblical

historical

literary

mythic

i want to say literary or mythic, but i'm not sure which one.

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