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Horatius Cocles and Fragments
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Horatius Cocles and Fragments

anonymous · 1586 - 1596 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The hero Horatius Cocles full-length, a sword raised in his right hand, a shield in his left hand. In the background it can be seen how he takes on an entire army alone on the bank of the Tiber. Below the representation two times two lines in Latin. Below that three fragments. Copy after engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1586.

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Credit lineHoratius Cocles en fragmenten. 1586 - 1596. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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