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Engraving of a helmeted armored woman standing above kneeling figures and onlookers, with a winged cherub above and Latin text along the bottom edge.

The Triumph of Wisdom

An engraving shows a helmeted, armored female figure standing on a pedestal above a kneeling, bare-chested man and a crowd of onlookers. A winged putto at upper left holds a wreath above her, while scholars and figures with instruments, including an armillary sphere, fill the lower corners beneath a line of Latin inscription.

Artist
Aegidius Sadeler, II
Date
c. 1600-10
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2272 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1615).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: El triunfo de la sabiduría

Un grabado muestra una figura femenina con casco y armadura, de pie sobre un pedestal por encima de un hombre arrodillado con el torso desnudo y un grupo de espectadores. Un putto alado en la esquina superior izquierda sostiene una corona sobre ella, mientras eruditos e instrumentos, entre ellos una esfera armilar, llenan las esquinas inferiores bajo una línea de texto latino.

Português: O triunfo da sabedoria

Uma gravura mostra uma figura feminina com elmo e armadura, de pé sobre um pedestal acima de um homem ajoelhado de torso nu e um grupo de espectadores. Um putto alado no canto superior esquerdo segura uma coroa sobre ela, enquanto eruditos e instrumentos, entre eles uma esfera armilar, ocupam os cantos inferiores abaixo de uma linha de texto em latim.

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