The Battle of Mühlberg with the army of Charles V crossing the Elbe Ri

A dense engraving in an oval frame shows soldiers wading and fighting across a river toward a walled town with a tower at left. Smoke drifts over the crowded battlefield, and a radiant figure sits in the clouds above, while allegorical women flank the top corners.

Look closer: A small dog and a bird appear in the lower corners, near the figures at the bottom edge.

Artist

Enea Vico

Date

1551

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2716 × 3770 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949