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Personification of Courage
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Personification of Courage

Robert van Audenaerd · 1673 - 1743 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

A young man, with a glove on his right hand, pulls the tongue out of a lion's mouth. The scene recalls Samson overcoming the lion, but here it is intended as a personification of Courage. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePersonificatie van Moed. 1673 - 1743. Robert van Audenaerd. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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