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Engraving of Alexander the Great on horseback with a banner, before a domed city; a winged beast at left and fallen figures below.

Opkomst van vier wereldrijken en vier heersers uit het visioen van Daniël

An engraving shows Alexander the Great on a prancing horse, holding a spear and a billowing banner, before a city of domes and towers. At left a winged leopard-like beast with multiple heads leaps, while fallen figures lie in the foreground beneath Latin verses.

Artist
Adriaen Collaert (mentioned on object)
Date
1570-1618
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3403 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1618.
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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