The image depicts a person standing with a wide stance and slightly leaning back. The person is facing away from the viewer, turned to the right side, head slightly inclined backward. The individual's facial features are obscured by a helmet. The person is wearing armor and holding a long spear or lance across their back. The background shows multiple figures in armor with spears or pikes, arranged in formation. The terrain consists of rolling hills with sparse vegetation under a sketched sky.

Pikeman

1587

Medium: engraving on laid paper
Classification: Portfolio
Period: 1551 to 1600
Image size: 3436 × 4635px

Description

The image depicts a person standing with a wide stance and slightly leaning back. The person is facing away from the viewer, turned to the right side, head slightly inclined backward. The individual's facial features are obscured by a helmet. The person is wearing armor and holding a long spear or lance across their back. The background shows multiple figures in armor with spears or pikes, arranged in formation. The terrain consists of rolling hills with sparse vegetation under a sketched sky.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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