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Rustam with a dragon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An armored knight and his horse fighting a blue, fire-breathing dragon in a rocky landscape; four columns of text above and below the image, with only two lines at the bottom; a horizontal band across the middle two columns just above the image, containing bolder calligraphy. The image is positioned slightly right of center on the sheet, which shows water stains in the top-left and bottom-left corners.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRustam met draak. 1500 - 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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