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Black and white lithograph of a nude woman standing between two uniformed soldiers in cocked hats on a flat shoreline with distant buildings.

Truth and the Two Soldiers

A nude female figure with dark hair stands barefoot on a flat, open shore beside two uniformed men in plumed, cocked hats and epaulettes. Distant buildings, a small structure and a tower lie along the horizon in this black lithograph on cream paper.

Artist: Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
Date: 1891
Medium: Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone, on cream wove paper (paper appears laid but is machine-made wove)
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1054 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1891).
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, The Charles Deering Collection

19th century art nouveau fin de siecle 1890s 1891 lithograph nude figure black and white print soldiers military uniform