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Engraving of a muscular nude warrior with plumed helmet and sword, seated before a castle tower, with Latin text below.

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This engraved print by Jacob de Gheyn II, dated 1590, shows a muscular nude warrior wearing a plumed helmet and a cloak, holding a sword upright while resting one arm on a stone ledge. A fortified tower and a small arched scene appear in the background, and a Latin inscription beginning with the name Symeon runs along the bottom edge.

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Date

1590

Medium

Drawing

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Themes

Drawings & Sketches, Men, Mythology

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