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Design for a scabbard with a naked man and a woman
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Design for a scabbard with a naked man and a woman

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1532 · engraving; paper

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

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Design for a dagger scabbard. The lower part is decorated with leafy scrolls issuing from a shell, between the scrolls three animal heads and the upper body of a female creature. Above them a naked man standing next to a woman wearing a chastity belt.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOntwerp voor een schede met een naakte man en een vrouw. 1532. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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