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Engraving of a standing man with a banner and staff beside a nude woman in a hammock, with ships at sea and a pig in the foreground.

Amerigo Vespucci Discovers America, engraving after Stradanus

An engraving shows a standing man in a long cloak and hat, holding a banner and a staff with a round instrument, beside a nude woman reclining in a hammock beneath trees. Ships sail on the sea behind them, and a pig and a fire appear in the foreground and distance.

Artist
Theodoor Galle (mentioned on object)
Date
1589-1593
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3003 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1593.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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