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Engraving of a sun figure in a chariot pulled by rearing horses above clouds, with a crowd of nude men wrestling below and Latin text at the bottom.

The Seven Planets: Sol in His Chariot

An engraving showing a figure seated in a chariot drawn by rearing horses, surrounded by clouds and rays, with a winged putto above. Below, a crowd of nude, muscular men wrestle, lift and pose in an open square beside classical buildings, with a Latin inscription along the bottom margin.

Artist
Harmen Jansz Muller (mentioned on object)
Date
1566-1570
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3419 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1570.
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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