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Original fileTamboer Officieren en soldaten uit de lijfwacht van keizer Rudolf II (serietitel), NG-2011-73-1
after Hendrick Goltzius
A man in elaborate Renaissance military dress is viewed from behind as he carries a large drum and raises a drumstick. He wears a feathered beret and a doublet with intricately slashed sleeves, characteristic of the Dutch Mannerist style. Below the main figure, a small secondary scene shows a line of infantrymen marching across a landscape.
As part of a series dedicated to the bodyguard of Rudolf II, this work reflects the ceremonial grandeur of the imperial court in Prague, a central hub for late 16th-century Hermeticism, alchemy, and natural philosophy. The artist, Hendrick Goltzius, was a leading figure in the Haarlem Mannerist circle whose works often explored the intersections of art, nature, and the divine.
HG. inv. NLonderseel excudit Suta boum pulso simul ac mea Tympana pelle Miles ad excubias promptus et arma ruit 3
Translation
HG. inv. NLonderseel excudit As soon as the bull’s skin is struck, and my drum is beaten, The soldier, ready for the watch, rushes to his weapons.
Rudolf II
The print depicts a member of the imperial guard of Rudolf II, whose court in Prague was the most significant center for alchemy and Western esotericism in the late 16th century.
Object
Engraving
portrait
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · CC0
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.628085
Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
5310 × 6650 px
67778dba9eb446348fca5f87ecbdc2f77ac32266
December 18, 2019
March 23, 2026
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