Narrow tapering engraving of a standing armored man above a dense scroll of leafy ornament and a small grotesque head.

Ornament with a standing man and foliage

A narrow, tapering engraved ornament print showing a standing armored man in a cape at the top, with a small monogram in the upper corner. Below him, a dense scroll of acanthus-like foliage and a small grotesque head fill the lower strip, all in fine black-and-white line work.

Artist: Monogrammist FG (mentioned on object)
Date: 1535
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2319 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1535.
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

16th century renaissance grotesque northern renaissance 1530s 1535 engraving ornament print armor foliage standing man acanthus scrolls monogram black and white