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Woodcut of a hunched, bearded old man leaning on a crutch, with a horse's head and a bare tree at right.

A hunch-backed old man supported by a crutch with a whinnying horse behind. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

A bearded, stooped old man in a long robe leans on a crutch at left, his hand raised near his chest. Behind him on the right, a bare tree trunk rises beside a horse's head with its mouth open, and plants sit at the lower edge. Parallel hatching renders the figures in a black-and-white woodcut on cream paper.

Artist
Tobias Stimmer
Date
[1580]
Medium
Emblems Woodcuts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3453 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1580.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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Un anciano barbudo y encorvado, con una larga túnica, se apoya en una muleta a la izquierda, con la mano levantada cerca del pecho. Detrás, a la derecha, un tronco de árbol sin hojas se alza junto a la cabeza de un caballo con la boca abierta, y unas plantas aparecen en el borde inferior. Las líneas paralelas de sombreado dan forma a las figuras en una xilografía en blanco y negro sobre papel crema.

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