Soldier Armed with Broadsword and Shield

Jacques de Gheyn II after Hendrik Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a man standing in a power stance on a hilly landscape. He holds a sword aloft with his right hand and rests his left hand on his hip. The man has a mustache and beard, and a determined expression as he looks into the distance to the left. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, a decorated breastplate, voluminous sleeves with frills, knee-length pants, and a cloak draped over one shoulder. The ground is uneven with tufts of grass, and in the background, there are soldiers in a hilly and sparsely vegetated landscape. A small village with a few buildings is visible in the distant background under a cloudy sky.