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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Around 1587 Goltzius drew designs for 12 prints depicting officers and soldiers in landscape settings, which were engraved by his pupil Jacques de Gheyn II. Goltzius himself engraved a related pair of prints, The Captain of Infantry and The Great Standard Bearer. A central figure in the army and civic guard, the standard bearer marked the position of the captain. At this time, the Netherlands were trying to oust their Spanish rulers and these prints were conceived as flamboyant expressions of military pride.
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Jacob de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, 1565–1629) — Officers and 
Hendrick Goltzius — Captain of Infantry
Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny — A gentleman walking forwa
Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny — A gentleman with his head
Anonymous, French, 17th century|Jacques Bellange|T Remy — Ma
Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny — A gentleman, walking towa
Anonymous, French, 17th century|Abraham Bosse — Gentleman Ho
Anonymous, French, 17th century|Jean de Saint-Igny|Abraham B
Anton Joseph von Prenner|Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austr
Lucas van Leyden — The Standard Bearer
Abraham Bosse|Jean de Saint-Igny — Gentleman Seen from the B
Pieter Soutman|Cornelis Visscher — Svevus, from the series P
