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Engraving of a laurel-crowned bearded man seated in a stone niche, holding a globe and sceptre, wearing sandals and a draped.

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A bearded, laurel-crowned man sits in a shallow arched niche, his body turned slightly to the left. He wears a draped cloak over one shoulder and sandals, holding a round globe in one hand and a tall staff in the other. The fine cross-hatched lines model the muscles and stone architecture.

Look closer: A small monogram signature appears in the lower left corner of the plate.

Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi
Date
ca. 1510–30
Medium
Engraving
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2510 × 3373 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1535).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

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