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Engraving of a woman in a long gown raising a whip over a bent older man on a street before a town with towers.

Phyllis and Aristotle

A crowned woman in a voluminous gown kneels on a paved street, holding a whip raised over an elderly man crouched beside a stone column. Behind them, a walled town of gabled houses, towers and domed buildings recedes under a pale sky. The fine black-line engraving uses dense hatching for shadows.

Artist
Hans Brosamer
Date
c. 1545
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1324 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1554).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

Español: Filis y Aristóteles, grabado de Hans Brosamer

Una mujer coronada, con un vestido amplio, se arrodilla en una calle empedrada y levanta un látigo sobre un anciano agachado junto a una columna de piedra. Detrás, una ciudad amurallada con casas con frontones, torres y edificios con cúpula se extiende bajo un cielo pálido. El grabado en líneas negras usa un denso sombreado.

Português: Phyllis e Aristóteles, gravura de Hans Brosamer

Uma mulher coroada, de vestido amplo, ajoelha-se em uma rua pavimentada e ergue um chicote sobre um homem idoso agachado ao lado de uma coluna de pedra. Ao fundo, uma cidade murada com casas de telhados em empena, torres e edifícios com cúpula se estende sob um céu pálido. A gravura em linhas pretas usa hachuras densas.

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