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The Captain of the Infantry
The Captain of the Infantry is an ink print by the Renaissance artist Hendrick Goltzius. It dates from 1587 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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- Inscribed:lower left, in image, in plate: Ao 1587 HGoltzius fecit.; in margin below image, in plate: Praevius infractos reddo Dux Martis alumnos, / Spernere dum doceo cuncta pericla, meo. (I, the commander, lead the way and ensure that Mars's recruits remain undaunted because I teach them to defy all dangers by my good example. [translation from Leeflang, Huigen, and Ger Luijten. _Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings._ Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2003, p. 78.)]
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Hendrick Goltzius (German: , Dutch: ; né Goltz; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter.
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