The soldier kissing the woman's hand (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a
A soldier bends low to kiss the outstretched hand of a veiled woman in a cloak, while another man stands behind them in a dim room. A draped table with books and a music stand fills the right side, and a candlestick sits at lower left. Fine etched lines build the tones of this print.
Look closer: A candlestick stands on a table at the lower left edge, partly lost in shadow.
- Artist
- Wenceslaus Hollar
- Date
- 1666
- Medium
- Etching, second state of two
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2632 × 3924 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1666).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962