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Engraving of a man in ornate medallion chains raising a baton beside a dog, with a monogram and date 1538 in the upper right.

Master of ceremonies with a dog, engraving

An engraving shows a man in elaborate costume, with a chain of medallions and a large ornamented collar, raising a slender baton overhead while striding forward. A dog with its front paws planted beside him appears at the lower left, and a monogram with the date 1538 sits in the upper right corner.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1538-1610
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2527 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1610.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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