Engraving of armored soldiers and a crowd gathered around a stone chest, where a kneeling man reaches toward a nude figure gesturing at it.

Alexander and the Book of Homer

An engraving shows a bearded man kneeling beside a stone chest while a nude figure, seen from behind, gestures toward it. Armored soldiers with plumed helmets and spears stand at left, and a crowd of onlookers presses in around the tomb-like box at right.

Artist: Etienne Delaune
Date: 1560
Medium: Engraving on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1600 × 1090 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1560).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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