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Original fileThis engraving shows a dramatic moment in a mounted duel where a victorious knight on horseback holds a lance over his defeated, prostrate adversary. The scene is set within a fenced enclosure, with an encampment of tents and armed men in the background serving as witnesses to the combat. The artist emphasizes the dynamic tension between the upright, victorious rider and the collapsed figure on the ground.
Ioh Stradanus inue. P. Galle sc. excudit Ioh. Med. hostem fortiss. ad singulare certamen prouocantem hasta per loricam pectore Transfixo exequo exanimem reliquit
Translation
Johannes Stradanus designed [this]. Philips Galle engraved and published [this]. Giovanni de' Medici [Medici], having been provoked to single combat by a very strong enemy, left him lifeless after piercing his chest through the breastplate with a lance from his horse.
Object
Engraving
genre-scene
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: http://collections.lacma.org/sites/default/files/remote_images/piction/ma-31890972-O3.jpg Gallery: http://collections.lacma.org/node/171266 archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Public domain
2100 × 1540 px
28d1a660b736c654c4313d534d0639c5419914d8
July 19, 2013
March 23, 2026
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