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The standard bearer, turned to left

Hendrick GOLTZIUS
The standard bearer, turned to left
 1587

Medium
engraving; laid down

Measurements
27.4 × 19.2 cm (image) 28.7 × 19.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark on three sides)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 288; Bartsch 125; Hollstein 255

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.: Ao 1587. HGoltzius (HG monogram) fe.
printed in ink l.c.l.: Signifer ingentes animos, et corda ministro, / Me stat stante phalanx, me sugiente fugit.

Accession Number
1278.236-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Costume Human Figures Military and Warfare

Subjects (specific)
battlefields breeches (trousers) flags men (male humans) ruffs sleeves (costume) standard-bearers standards (identifying artifacts)

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