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Engraving of a bearded hermit in a hood holding a book, with a rosary, skull, staff, and horned animals around him under a bright halo.

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An engraving shows a bearded hermit in a hooded cloak, seated and holding an open book, with a rosary and cross hanging at his waist. Around him are a skull, a tau-shaped staff, a pig-like beast, and a horned creature against a radiant halo; a Latin inscription runs below.

Artist
Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert
Date
1590-1612
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2672 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1612.
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

Español: Ermitaño con libro, calavera y rosario, grabado

Un grabado muestra a un ermitaño barbudo con capucha, sentado y sosteniendo un libro abierto, con un rosario y una cruz colgando de la cintura. A su alrededor hay una calavera, un bastón en forma de tau, una bestia parecida a un cerdo y una criatura con cuernos bajo un halo radiante; una inscripción en latín corre abajo.

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