This print was published by jean vallet. A man stands in front of us. He has a mustache and he wears a hat, a collar, a cape. In his left hand he holds a sword, at the end of which we can see a spider's web. It is on a bank: there are houses to the left and right, the sea with a boat. In the lower margin, a comment extending over three columns: lon is doing this capitan wrong. / to sustain his damage, / who is more deceitful than a charlatan, / he is without strength and without courage. -- as. If we did not know / that his body is a machine, / which makes mars tremble when it moves. / value in good looks. -- isn't his gladius a witness? / of the battles he won. / it serves as a spit when needed, / and as a distaff for spiders. Below, center: i. Valet. Ex. Cu. Priuile. Date: 1637. Dimensions: height: 500 mm (19.68 in); width: 325 mm (12.79 in). Medium: print on laid paper. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy. Le Matamore de Claude Goyrand
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