Recto: Samson, having defeated the Philistines, drinks water from the jawbone of an ass, preliminary design for 'Spiritus Fortitudines' (The Spirit of Strength), plate 4 in 'The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit' print series. Verso: obscured inscription, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Brown ink and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Female figure walking among the dead soldiers in a battle field. Upper right corner inscribed: FORTITUDINIS, Netherlands, 1595, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Samson, having defeated, Philistines, drinks water, jawbone, ass, preliminary design, 'Spiritus Fortitudines', Spirit, Strength, plate 4, Seven Gifts, Holy Spirit' print series, Verso, obscured inscription, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Brown ink, wash, paper, Horizontal rectangle, Female figure walking, dead soldiers, battle field, Upper right corner inscribed, FORTITUDINIS, Netherlands, 1595, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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