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Original fileLieutenant Colonel with Partizan
Een man in militaire uitdossing (een luitenant-kolonel), ten voeten uit, een zwaard aan zijn gordel, een stokwapen (partizaan) in zijn rechterhand. Op de achtergrond een heuvelachtig landsch, NL-HlmNHA 1477 53013124
after Hendrick Goltzius
About This Work
An officer stands in a confident, wide-legged pose wearing a heavily patterned striped doublet, a large ruff collar, and a plumed hat. He holds a tall partisan in his right hand while his left hand rests near the hilt of a sword at his hip. The background depicts a hilly landscape where smaller figures of soldiers are seen maneuvering near cannons and a distant city.
Hendrick Goltzius was the preeminent figure of the Haarlem Mannerists, a group whose work was deeply entwined with the Neoplatonic and Hermetic culture of the late 16th century. This series of military officers showcases the 'spritualized' muscularity and technical virtuosity that appealed to the court of Rudolf II in Prague, where art, alchemy, and natural philosophy were seen as interconnected disciplines.