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Sleeping warrior beside a cornfield
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A composition of a sleeping warrior next to a cornfield, while his horse is attacked by a lion and rears; above the composition, text in Persian script divided over four vertical columns, a horizontal band runs over the middle two columns at one-third height, containing text in red; the whole framed by border lines. Composition and text on a sheet.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSlapende krijger naast een korenveld. 1500 - 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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