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Brown wash drawing of a bearded magician in a long robe facing a seated armored emperor with a laurel wreath, a dog at his feet.

Magician Making a Prediction to an Emperor (recto); Male Nude Carrying a Load (verso)

A brush and brown wash drawing with white highlights shows a bearded magician in a long robe raising a small object while speaking to a seated emperor in armor with a laurel wreath. A dog lies at the emperor's feet beside a stone step, with soldiers at the left edge.

Artist
Unknown Italian
Date
17th century
Medium
Brush and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache (recto), and black chalk, with traces of white chalk (verso), on blue laid pape
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2303 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection

Español: Mago haciendo una predicción a un emperador

Un dibujo a pincel con aguada marrón y toques blancos muestra a un mago barbado con una larga túnica que levanta un pequeño objeto mientras habla con un emperador sentado, con armadura y corona de laurel. Un perro yace junto a los pies del emperador, y soldados aparecen en el borde izquierdo.

Português: Mago fazendo uma previsão a um imperador

Um desenho a pincel com aguada marrom e realces brancos mostra um mago barbudo de longo manto erguendo um pequeno objeto enquanto fala com um imperador sentado, de armadura e coroa de louros. Um cão deita-se aos pés do imperador, e soldados aparecem na borda esquerda.

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