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Black and white etching of five muscular nude men interlocked in a stacked pyramid, limbs stretched in dramatic poses above a shaded floor line.

Pyramid of Five Men

An etching in black ink on cream paper shows five nude male figures locked in a tangled, interlinked pyramid against a plain backdrop. Their muscular limbs are stretched in dynamic, foreshortened poses, with hatched lines modeling the bodies and a shadowed ground line below.

Artist
School of Juste de Juste
Date
c. 1543
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2347 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1548).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley and Joseph Brooks Fair Fund

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