Object Image

A Friar and a Soldier, from Das Bossenbüchlein

A friar at left greets a military captain at right. A cathedral with a graveyard at far left, and military tents at right. From a set of 12 plates of vessel designs.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955

c. 1582
Engraving
6.1 x 8.6cm
55.503.18(6)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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