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Combat of Three Men

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving depicting a combat scene. A muscular, nude man with short hair and a beard holds a horned skull with one hand and a sword with the other. Two centaurs, each with a nude man riding on their back, face the man. The centaur on the left rears up on hind legs, biting the skull. The centaur on the right rears up on hind legs while the rider on its back lunges forward with a sword. A dense background with horizontal cross-hatching and a shaded area on the left. A small rectangle with the letters ISP in the top center.

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1263 × 663 px
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