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Engraving of a helmeted armored woman with a shield standing among fallen nude and clothed warriors, weapons and armor scattered at her feet, Latin inscription below.

De overwinning, allegorie

A crowded engraving of an armored female figure, helmeted and holding a shield, standing amid sprawled nude and draped figures, with broken weapons and armor strewn across the foreground. Seated and reclining men and fallen warriors fill the scene around her, and a line of Latin inscription runs along the bottom edge.

Artist
Frans Floris (I) (mentioned on object)
Date
1552
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2928 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1552.
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

Español: La victoria, alegoría (grabado de Frans Floris, 1552)

Un grabado denso con una figura femenina armada, con casco y escudo, de pie entre figuras desnudas y vestidas tendidas, y armas y armaduras rotas esparcidas en primer plano. Alrededor de ella, hombres sentados y recostados llenan la escena, y una línea de inscripción latina recorre el borde inferior.

Português: A vitória, alegoria (gravura de Frans Floris, 1552)

Uma gravura densa com uma figura feminina armada, de elmo e escudo, em pé entre corpos nus e vestidos tombados, com armas e armaduras quebradas espalhadas no primeiro plano. Ao redor dela, homens sentados e reclinados preenchem a cena, e uma linha de inscrição latina percorre a borda inferior.

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